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Genesis 35
Jacob's household puts away its foreign gods and goes up to Bethel, where God confirms the name Israel. On the way to Bethlehem Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin and is buried by the road. Isaac dies at Hebron and is buried by Esau and Jacob.
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- Textually stated
Benjamin: “Son of the right hand”. Dying, Rachel named him Ben Oni, “son of my sorrow”; Jacob renamed him.
- Speculative
Some link these shepherds to Migdal Eder, “the tower of the flock” near Bethlehem, and to flocks raised for Temple sacrifice. The link is a later suggestion, not in the text.