15. Jacob named the place Bethel where God spoke to him.
16. They left Bethel, and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into hard labor.
17. During her difficult labor, the midwife said to her, "Don’t be afraid. You have another son."
18. As her life faded away, just before she died, she named him Ben-oni, but his father named him Benjamin.
19. Rachel died and was buried near the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.
20. Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. It’s the pillar on Rachel’s tomb that’s still there today.
21. Israel continued his trip and pitched his tent farther on near the tower of Eder.
22. While Israel stayed in that place, Reuben went and slept with Bilhah his father’s secondary wife, and Israel heard about it.Jacob had twelve sons.
23. The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s oldest son, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24. The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25. The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
26. The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob’s sons born to him in Paddan-aram.
27. Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, that is, Kiriath-arba. This is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac lived as immigrants.
28. At the age of 180 years,
29. Isaac took his last breath and died. He was buried with his ancestors after a long, satisfying life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.