Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
BIRTH OF BENJAMIN—DEATH OF RACHEL, etc. (Genesis 35:16-27)
And they journeyed from Beth-el—There can be no doubt that much enjoyment was experienced at Beth-el, and that in the religious observances solemnized, as well as in the vivid recollections of the glorious vision seen there, the affections of the patriarch were powerfully animated and that he left the place a better and more devoted servant of God. When the solemnities were over, Jacob, with his family, pursued a route directly southward, and they reached Ephrath, when they were plunged into mourning by the death of Rachel, who sank in childbirth, leaving a posthumous son [Genesis 35:18]. A very affecting death, considering how ardently the mind of Rachel had been set on offspring (compare Genesis 30:1).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Genesis 35:16:
Genesis 35:16
Genesis 35:26
1 Samuel 10:2
Matthew 2:1
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