Genesis 35:17 Parallel Translations

During one of her pains, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid! You're having another son!"(GOD'S WORD®)

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

ASV:

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.

BBE:

And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.

DBY:

And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.

ERV:

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.

JPS:

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the mid-wife said unto her: 'Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.'

WBS:

And it came to pass when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

WEB:

When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for now you will have another son."

YLT:

and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, 'Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.'

Genesis 35:17 Cross References

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Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

35:17 Rachel had said when she bore Joseph, God shall give me another son, which now the midwife remembers, and tells her, her words were made good. Yet this did not avail; unless God command away fear, no one else can. We are apt in extreme perils to comfort ourselves and our friends with the hopes of a temporal deliverance, in which we may be disappointed; we had better ground our comforts on that which cannot fail us, the hope of eternal life. Rachel had passionately said, Give me children, or else I die; and now she had children (for this was her second) she died.

MHC:

35:16-20 Rachel had passionately said, Give me children, or else I die; and now that she had children, she died! The death of the body is but the departure of the soul to the world of spirits. When shall we learn that it is God alone who really knows what is best for his people, and that in all worldly affairs the safest path for the Christian is to say from the heart, It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good. Here alone is our safety and our comfort, to know no will but his. Her dying lips called her newborn son Ben-oni, the son of my sorrow; and many a son proves to be the heaviness of her that bare him. Children are enough the sorrow of their mothers; they should, therefore, when they grow up, study to be their joy, and so, if possible, to make them some amends. But Jacob, because he would not renew the sorrowful remembrance of the mother's death every time he called his son, changed his name to Benjamin, the son of my right hand: that is, very dear to me; the support of my age, like the staff in my right hand.

CONC:

Afraid Bearing Childbearing Childbirth Fear Helping Labor Labour Midwife Mid-wife Pain Pained Pass Severe Sharply

Afraid Bearing Childbearing Childbirth Difficulty Fear Great Hard Helping Labor Midwife Pain Pained Severe Sharply

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