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Genesis 35:17
During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
from Benjamin Born, Rachel Dies, Genesis 35:16-20
What it says

While Rachel labors severely, the midwife tells her not to be afraid because she is bearing another son.

What it is doing

It holds a word of reassurance inside the danger of the moment.

In context

16Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. 17During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.” 18And with her last breath— for she was dying— she named vvv him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin. 19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). 20Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.