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


In Context

14 Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.

15 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him |Bethel.|

16 They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.

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

18 It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

19 Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

35:17And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for you have another son."

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 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.