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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Ben-oni (Jacob's son living at the time of the Patriarchs)
Son of my sorrow. Rachel gave the name to her second son as she was dying in childbirth near Bethlehem. Jacob renamed the boy Benjamin, son of the right hand.
First, in plain English
Son of my sorrow. Rachel gave the name to her second son as she was dying in childbirth near Bethlehem. Jacob renamed the boy Benjamin, son of the right hand.
Who this is
Ben-oni, meaning "son of my sorrow," was the name Rachel gave her second son with her dying breath after a difficult childbirth near Bethlehem. Jacob renamed the boy Benjamin, "son of the right hand," and he became the ancestor of the tribe of Benjamin (Genesis 35:16-18).
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H1126
Where it appears
- Genesis 35:18
