Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Genesis 35:18
Ben-oni] 'son of my sorrow.' Benjamin] perhaps 'son of my right hand,' that being the fortunate side, and so a name of better omen. Another rendering is 'son of days,' i.e. of Jacob's old age
Ben-oni] 'son of my sorrow.' Benjamin] perhaps 'son of my right hand,' that being the fortunate side, and so a name of better omen. Another rendering is 'son of days,' i.e. of Jacob's old age
Verse Genesis 35:18. _AS HER SOUL WAS IN DEPARTING_] Is not this a proof that there is an immortal spirit in man, which can exist _separate_ from and independent of the body? Of Rachel's death it is...
- The Death of Isaac 8. דברה _d__e__borâh_, Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון _'alôn_-_bākût_, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.” 16. כברה _kı̂brâh_, “length stretc
CHAPTER 35 JACOB AT BETHEL AND THREE DEATHS _ 1. The divine commandment (Genesis 35:1)_ 2. The defilement put away (Genesis 35:2) 3. The journey to Bethel and the altar (Genesis 35:5) 4. Deborah,...
GENESIS 35:16 A. RACHEL DIES AT THE BIRTH OF BENJAMIN. Genesis 35:16 is assigned by some to J and by some to E. There is no decisive reason for either. Genesis 35:21_ a_ is from J. The use of Israel a...
_her soul_ The _nephesh_, or "soul," the vital principle: cf. 1 Kings 17:21, "let this child's soul come unto him again." _Ben-oni_ i.e. _the son of my sorrow_. Rachel, as she dies, names her son; bu...
(J). Birth of Benjamin and Death of Rachel "The meaning of the statement that Rachel died when Benjamin was born is that the formation of the new tribe Benjamin broke up the old tribe Rachel" (Bennet...
HER SOUL WAS IN DEPARTING— An expression aptly describing the nature of death, which is the dissolution of the union between soul and body. _BEN-ONI,_ &C.— Rachel, to express her sorrow amidst the pan...
PART FORTY-THREE THE STORY OF JACOB: INCIDENTS IN CANAAN (Genesis 34:1 to Genesis 35:28) The Biblical Account 1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob went out to see the daughters...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS HER SOUL WAS IN DEPARTING, (FOR SHE DIED) THAT SHE CALLED HIS NAME BENONI: BUT HIS FATHER CALLED HIM BENJAMIN._ Ben-oni - i:e., son of my sorrow. The dying mother gave this n...
35:18 Benoni; (g-21) Son of my affliction. Benjamin. (h-27) Son of the right hand....
‘Ben-oni’ means ‘son of my pain’. ‘Benjamin’ may mean ‘son of my right hand’. V21 Israel travelled on and he put his tent beyond Migdal-Eder. V22 While Israel lived in that district, Reuben had sex...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 35 JACOB MOVES TO BETHEL V1 God said to Jacob, ‘Move away from here. Go to Bethel and live there. Make an *altar there for me. I am God. I appear...
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The _Tôldôth_ in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his des...
BEN-ONI... BENJAMIN. — Rachel, in her dying moments, names her child _the son of my sorrow;_ for though _on_ has a double meaning, and is translated _strength_ in Genesis 49:3, yet, doubtless, her fee...
וַ יְהִ֞י בְּ צֵ֤את נַפְשָׁהּ֙ כִּ֣י מֵ֔תָה
JACOB'S RETURN Genesis 35:1 "As for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way."- Genesis 48:7 The words of the Wrestler at the brook Jabbok, "Let me go, for the...
JACOB'S SONS; ESAU'S SONS; ISAAC'S DEATH Genesis 35:16; Genesis 36:1 From Bethel to Bethlehem is not far. The one, the House of God; the other, the House of Bread. We need them both, if we are to bea...
God never abandons His children to the forces of evil circumstances resulting from their own folly. The fourth direct communication to Jacob was that which called him back to Beth-el. Again the eviden...
THE DEATHS OF RACHEL AND ISAAC As they continued their journey away from Bethel, Rachel experienced a very difficult time in childbirth. She named the boy born on that day Ben-Oni, or "son of my sorro...
_That is. These etymologies are given by St. Jerome. (Du Hamel) --- Right hand, ( jemini) as he is often styled in Scripture. Jamin has the same meaning; though it may also signify of the south, with...
See how little we consult our own happiness, when we presume to dictate to GOD. Compare Genesis 30:1, with this verse. Benoni, is the son of my sorrow. Benjamin means the son of my right hand. Jacob n...
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 THROUGH 35. I have no doubt that in the two wives, as I have said, we have the Gentiles and Israel: Rachel first loved on the earth, but not possessed; but...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS HER SOUL WAS IN DEPARTING, FOR SHE DIED,.... In childbirth; she had most passionately desired children, without which she could not live with ease and peace of mind, and now sh...
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. Ver. 19. _And Rachel died._] We forfeit many favours, by over lo...
_As her soul was departing_ בצאת נפשׁה, _when her soul was going out_, namely, of the body: an argument this of the soul's immortality, especially if compared with Ecclesiastes 12:7; from which places...
1 God sendeth Iacob to Bethel. 2 He purgeth his house of idols. 6 He buildeth an Altar at Bethel. 8 Deborah dieth at Allon Bachuth. 9 God blesseth Iacob at Bethel. 16 Rachel traueileth of Beniami...
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing (for she died), THAT SHE CALLED HIS NAME BENONI (son of my pain); BUT HIS FATHER CALLED HIM BENJAMIN (son of the right hand, son of fortune or prosper...
The Death of Rachel...
SEVENTH SECTION _Departure from Bethel. Benjamin’s birth. Rachel’s death_. GENESIS 35:16-20 16And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath [fruit, the fruitful]:...
BETHEL AT LAST Jacob knew he could not remain at Shechem, though it took a humiliating experience in his own house to drive him away from there. God speaks to him in no uncertain terms. He is to arise...
BENONI: that is, The son of my sorrow BENJAMIN: That is, The son of the right hand...
16-20 Rachel had passionately said, Give me children, or else I die; and now that she had children, she died! The death of the body is but the departure of the soul to the world of spirits. When shal...
IN DEPARTING; or, _in going out; _ namely, out of the body, as PSALMS 146:4, which is an argument of the soul's immortality, especially if compared with ECCLESIASTES 12:7. From which places, laid toge...
"And God said unto Jacob. Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there." This confirms the principle on which we have been dwelling. When there is failure or declension, the Lord calls the soul back to Hims...
Genesis 35:18 soul H5315 departing H3318 (H8800) died H4191 (H8804)) called H7121 (H8799) name H8034 Ben-Oni...
‘And they saw him in the distance, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him. And they said to one another, “See, the lord of dreams comes.” Come now therefore, let us kil...
“And they journeyed from Bethel, and there was still some way to come to Ephrath, and Rachel began to experience birth pains and she had hard labour. And it happened that when she was in hard labour t...
BENJAMIN That is, Son of my right hand. Benjamin, "son of sorrow" to his mother, but "son of my right hand" to his father, becomes thus a double type of Christ. As Ben-oni He was the suffering One be...
CONTENTS: Jacob's return to Bethel and renewed communion. Death of Rachael. Birth of Benjamin. Death of Isaac. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Deborah, Rebekah, Rachael, Benjamin, Reuben, Bilhah, Isaac, Esau. CO...
Genesis 35:1. _And God said._ This is the fifth vision in which the Lord appeared to Jacob; it marks a special providence over his safety, by removing him from the vicinity of Shechem to a peaceful dw...
_Ben-oni_ THE MARKS OF A BEN-ONI These words were spoken of Rachel, Jacob’s wife. Her youngest child had just been born: she was very sick, and was going to die. The little child was lying by her. S...
_Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem_ THE DEATH OF RACHEL I. IN ITS SOLEMN AND MELANCHOLY ASPECT. 1. It was death upon a journey. 2. It was death in the time of t...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 35:16 RACHEL dies while giving birth. The name that Rachel gives her newborn son, BEN-ONI, is potentially ambiguous (see esv footnote). Jacob changes the
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 35:18 HER SOUL WAS DEPARTING. This is one place in the OT where the Hebrew word translated “soul” refers to what gives life to the body....
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 35:1 Jacob moves by stages from Shechem to Bethel, eventually coming to Hebron, where his father Isaac is still alive. Transformed by the experiences of Bethel and Peniel, Jaco...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 35:18. Ben-oni.] Heb. _Son of my pain. Benjamin._ Heb. _Son of right hand, or, son of happiness._— GENESIS 35:20. THE PILLAR OF RACHEL’S GRAVE UNTO THIS DAY.] The grave of Ra...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 35:16 AND THEY JOURNEYED—not in opposition to the Divine commandment (Genesis 35:1), which did not enjoin a permanent settlement at Bethel, but in accordance probably with his own...
And so God said to Jacob, Arise, and go up to Bethel (Genesis 35:1), Now Jacob is afraid. Hey, the kings are going to get together. They're going to attack me and wipe me out. And so "God is saying to...
A.M. cir. 2275. B.C. cir. 1729. her soul. Genesis 30:1 1 Samuel 4:20 1 Samuel 4:21 Psalms 16:10...
Her dying lips calls her new — born soon Benoni, the son of my sorrow. But Jacob because he would not renew the sorrowful remembrance of his mother's death every time he called his son by name, change...