Commentary for Genesis 35:18

וַיְהִ֞י בְּצֵ֤את נַפְשָׁהּ֙ כִּ֣י מֵ֔תָה וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י וְאָבִ֖יו קָֽרָא־ל֥וֹ בִנְיָמִֽין׃

And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing—for she died—that she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

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