16. Jacob and his family had left Bethel and were still a long way from Ephrath, when the time came for Rachel's baby to be born.
17. She was having a rough time, but the woman who was helping her said, “Don't worry! It's a boy.”
18. Rachel was at the point of death, and just before dying, she said, “I'll name him Benoni.” But Jacob called him Benjamin.
19. Rachel was buried beside the road to Ephrath, which is also called Bethlehem.
20. Jacob set up a tombstone over her grave, and it is still there.
21. Jacob, also known as Israel, travelled to the south of Eder Tower, where he set up camp.
22. During their time there, Jacob's eldest son Reuben slept with Bilhah, who was one of Jacob's other wives. And Jacob found out about it.
23-26. Jacob had twelve sons while living in northern Syria. His firstborn Reuben was the son of Leah, who later gave birth to Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. Leah's servant Zilpah had two sons: Gad and Asher.Jacob and his wife Rachel had Joseph and Benjamin. Rachel's servant woman Bilhah had two more sons: Dan and Naphtali.
27. Jacob went to his father Isaac at Hebron, also called Mamre or Kiriath-Arba, where Isaac's father Abraham had lived as a foreigner.
28-29. Isaac died at the ripe old age of one hundred and eighty, then his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.