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Genesis 35:18

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her soul: Genesis 30:1; 1 Samuel 4:20-21; Psalms 16:10; Exodus 12:7; Lamentations 2:12; Luke 12:20, Luke 23:46; Acts 7:59

Benoni: i.e. the son of my sorrow, 1 Chronicles 4:9

Benjamin: i.e. the son of my right hand, Genesis 42:4, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 43:14, Genesis 44:27-31; Psalms 80:17; The Samaritan has ben yamim:, "the son of days," i.e., of his old age ( Genesis 44:20), which Jerome renders Benjamin, id est, filius dextrae:, Benjamin, that is, "the son of the right hand."

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