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they departed from Bethel, and when he was but a field brede from
Ephrath, Rahel began to travail. And in travailing she was in
peril. And as she was in pains of her labour, the midwife said
unto her: fear not, for thou shalt have this son also. Then as her
soul was departing, that she must die: she called his name Ben
Oni. But his father called him Ben Iamin. and thus died Rahel and
was buried in the way to Ephrath which now is called Bethlehem.
And Iacob set up a pillar upon her grave, which is called Rahel's
grave pillar unto this day. And Israel went thence and pitched up
his tent beyond the tower of Eder. And it chanced as Israel dwelt
in that land, that Ruben went and lay with Bilha his father's
concubine, and it came to Israel's ear. The sons of Iacob were
twelve in number. The sons of Lea: Ruben, Iacob's eldest son, and
Simeon, Levi, Iuda, Isachar, and Zabulon. The sons of Rahel:
Ioseph and Ben Iamin. The sons of Bilha Rahel's maid: Dan and
Nephtali. The sons of Zilpha Lea's maid Gad and Asser. These are
the sons which were born him in Mesopotamia. Then Iacob went unto
Isaac his father to Mamre a principal city, otherwise called
Hebron: where Abraham and Isaac sojourned as strangers.
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