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Whenוַיְהִי בְshe was in hard labor,הַקְשֹׁתָהּ בְּלִדְתָּהּthe midwifeהַמְיַלֶּדֶתsaidוַתֹּאמֶרto her,לָהּ“Do notאַלbe afraid,תִּירְאִיforכִּיthisזֶהtooגַםis a sonבֵּןfor you.”לָךְ
Genesis 35:17
Study it in the app“When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for this too is a son for you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 35:17, word by word
- Whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- she was in hard laborהַקְשֹׁתָhakshota
be hard
To be heavy to bear, or severe.
Where else “hakshota” appears- she was in hard laborלִדְתָּlidta
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “lidta” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- be afraidתִּירְאִיtiri
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tiri” appears- is a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears
The context
16They set out from Bethel, and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and her labor was hard.
17 · This verse (above)
18As her life was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
To study Genesis 35 in a group
1. What it says
What did Elohim tell Jacob to do at Bethel, and what did his household leave behind (vv. 1-4)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Jacob that he asks his household to put away the foreign gods (vv. 2-3)?
3. How I live it
What gets in the way of your trust in Elohim, and could you leave it behind?