17And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for you have another son."


In Context

14 Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.

15 Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.

16 Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.

17 And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for you have another son."

18 As she breathed her last-for she was dying-she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.

19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Genesis 35:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:17By reason of her hard labor she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:17And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:17And it came to pass when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:17When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, |Don't be afraid, for now you will have another son.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

35:17and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, 'Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; you shall have this son also.