創世記35:16-20

35:16 他們從伯特利起行，離以法他還有一段路程，拉結臨產甚是艱難。
35:17 正在艱難的時候，收生婆對她說：「不要怕，你又要得一個兒子了。」
35:18 她將近於死，靈魂要走的時候，就給她兒子起名叫便‧俄尼；他父親卻給他起名叫便雅憫。
35:19 拉結死了，葬在以法他的路旁；以法他就是伯利恆。
35:20 雅各在她的墳上立了一統碑，就是拉結的墓碑，到今日還在。

¹⁶ Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty. ¹⁷ And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.” ¹⁸ As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni.^[h] But his father named him Benjamin.^[i]
19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). ²⁰ Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.

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    雅各遭受了喪妻之苦，拉結的過世是因為難產！這也道盡了人生的疾苦，也讓我們感受到雅各的不捨！因為拉結是他最愛的妻子，竟然為了給雅各一個兒子而喪失了生命！

    在人生中最無奈的事，就是相愛的人不能一起終老，不能同行道主前！對雅各而言，要不是上帝的同在同行，真的是會受不了！所以，我們要好好得珍惜我們的另一半，為彼此能同行到終老仰望上帝！

    感謝主，讓我透過這段經文懷念與我同行17年的好伴侶，也感謝她為我生了四個小孩！也感謝上帝，讓我的人生不是孤孤單單的過，讓我可以有另一位好伴侶，一切都有上帝的美意！