The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
What does Genesis 35:24 mean?
What a sore affliction Reuben's sin was, is shown, "and Israel heard it." No more is said, but that is enough.
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Keep this verse inside Genesis 35:21-25 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Genesis 35:24
Then Rachel's, Jacob's next wife, though in right his first and only one, who had two children, Joseph and Benjamin.
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- Rachel
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Then Rachel's, Jacob's next wife, though in right his first and only one, who had two children, Joseph and Benjamin.
- Joseph
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Then Rachel's, Jacob's next wife, though in right his first and only one, who had two children, Joseph and Benjamin.
- Benjamin
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Then Rachel's, Jacob's next wife, though in right his first and only one, who had two children, Joseph and Benjamin.
Context in Genesis 35
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Genesis 35 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as the family line through Isaac and Jacob. Genesis opens the whole Bible with creation, fall, flood, Babel, and the long patriarchal story that carries the reader from Eden to Egypt. Read this chapter with the wider themes of creation, fall, and covenant in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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Glossary
- Rachel Person
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Ewe, “the daughter”, “the somewhat petulant, peevish, and self-willed though beautiful younger daughter” of Laban, and one of Jacob’s wives ( Gen. 29:6 , 28).
- Benjamin Person
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Son of my right hand. (1. ) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel ( Gen. 35:18 ). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place.