17. But she was having much trouble with this birth. When Rachel’s nurse saw this, she said, “Don’t be afraid, Rachel. You are giving birth to another son.”
18. Rachel gave birth to the son, but she died. As she lay dying, she named the boy Son of My Suffering. But Jacob called him Benjamin.
19. Rachel was buried on the road to Ephrath, a district of Bethlehem.
20. And Jacob set up a rock on her grave to honor her. That rock is still there today.
21. Then Israel, also called Jacob, continued his journey. He camped just south of Migdal Eder.
22. While Israel was in that land Reuben had physical relations with Israel’s slave woman Bilhah. And Israel heard about it.Jacob had 12 sons.
23. He had 6 sons by his wife Leah. Reuben was his first son. Then Leah had Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.
24. He had 2 sons by his wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25. He had 2 sons by Rachel’s slave girl Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali.
26. And he had 2 sons by Leah’s slave girl Zilpah: Gad and Asher.These are Jacob’s sons who were born in Northwest Mesopotamia.
27. Jacob went to his father Isaac at Mamre near Hebron. This is where Abraham and Isaac had lived.
28. Isaac lived 180 years.
29. So Isaac breathed his last breath and died when he was very old. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.