Genesis 35:18

And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing ,—literally, in the departing of her soul; not into annihilation, but into another (a disembodied) state of existence ( vide Genesis 25:3 )— for she died (a pathetic commentary on Genesis 30:1 ), that she called his name Ben-oni ("son of my sorrow,'' as a memorial of her anguish in bearing him, and of her death because of him): but his father called him Benjamin —"son of my right hand;" either "the son of my strength" (Clericus, Rosenmüller,. Murphy), or "the son of my happiness or good fortune" (Gesenius, Keil, Kalisch), with allusion to Jacob's now possessing twelve sons; or as expressive of Jacob's unwillingness to see a bad omen in the birth of Rachel's child (Candlish); or "the son of my days," i.e. of my old age (Samaritan), an interpretation which Lunge pasaes with a mere allusion, but which Kalisch justly pronounces not so absurd as is often asserted (cf. Genesis 44:20 ); or "the son of my affection" (Ainsworth; cf. Genesis 50:18 )