Read Genesis 35.16-29
Benjamin is born and Rachel dies.
In verse 18: Ben-oni/ means "son of my sorrows," reflecting Rachel's suffering in childbirth.
Jacob changes the name slightly to Benjamin, "son of the right hand."
Sitting at the right hand of a ruler or elder is a position of honor.
Benjamin is the son of Jacob's favorite wife (29.30) and thus Jacob's favored son (see 42.36-38).
In verse 22: Jacob's first born son Reuben had sexual relations with Bilhah his father's concubine, a grievous offense. This incident is the reason Reuben's status as firstborn son will blessing of his twelve sons be diminished in Jacob's (49.3-4).
In verses 27-29: The last days of Isaac provide an occasion for reconciliation between Jacob and his father (v. 27, see 27.35).
The two sons, Esau and Jacob, join together in burying their father Isaac (v. 29), just as earlier the brothers Isaac and Ishmael had joined together to bury their father Abraham (25.9).
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