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It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni, but his father named him Benjamin.
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From Sorrow to Strength
In her dying moments, Rachel named her son Ben-oni, meaning "son of my sorrow." Commentators explain that Jacob, not wanting a name that constantly recalled this tragedy, renamed him Benjamin, "son of the right hand." This new name signified honor, preciousness, and the strength he would bring to his father, transforming a symbol of pain into one of promise.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
8. דברה deborâh — Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.”
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19th Century
Anglican
Ben-oni ... Benjamin. —Rachel, in her dying moments, names her child the son of my sorrow; for though on has a d…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, for she died
In childbirth; she …
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