Genesis 35:16-20
"Rachel's Death"
Rachel has now died in childbirth, bearing Jacob/Israel's last son. She named him, with her dying breath, Ben-oni (Son of my sorrow), but Jacob then renamed him Benjamin (Son of my right hand). In this renaming as well as marking and memorializing her tomb near what would become Bethlehem, we see Jacob honoring his now deceased wife.
We aren't given much detail on how Jacob handled his grief, but we do see his methods by which he honored his wife. We will also see, later, how Jacob treated the sons of his dead wife. Most important, though, is the lack of apparent diverging from God's plans. Jacob realized that God had a bigger plan and put his trust in Him, despite the emotional trials he had just withstood.
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