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！
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