The Meaning of Genesis 35:17 Explained

Genesis 35:17

KJV: And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

YLT: and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, 'Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.'

Darby: And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.

ASV: And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it came to pass, when she was in hard  labour,  that the midwife  said  unto her, Fear  not; thou shalt have this son  also. 

What does Genesis 35:17 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 35:16-29 - Jacob's Sons Esau's Sons Isaac's Death
From Bethel to Bethlehem is not far. The one, the House of God; the other, the House of Bread. We need them both, if we are to bear up under the repeated shocks of life, such as the death of the old nurse Deborah, the death of our beloved Rachels, the sins of our children, and the breakup of the old home, as when our father is borne to his grave. Well was it for Jacob that he had got right with God before these repeated waves broke upon him. Isaac had not lived a great life, but his full years gave him a claim on the veneration of his sons, who forgot their jealousies and feuds as they stood together at his bier. But how greatly men misjudge death. It is not the end, but the beginning. We find hereafter Isaac associated with Abraham and Jacob, as welcoming the saints homeward. Death greatens good men! [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 35

1  God commands Jacob to go to Bethel
2  He purges his house of idols
6  He builds an altar at Bethel
8  Deborah dies at Allon Bacuth
9  God blesses Jacob at Bethel
10  Jacob Named Israel
16  Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar
22  Reuben lies with Bilhah
23  The sons of Jacob
27  Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron
28  The age, death, and burial of Isaac

What do the individual words in Genesis 35:17 mean?

And it came to pass when she was hard in labor that said to her the midwife not do fear for also this [shall be] unto you a son
וַיְהִ֥י בְהַקְשֹׁתָ֖הּ בְּלִדְתָּ֑הּ וַתֹּ֨אמֶר לָ֤הּ הַמְיַלֶּ֙דֶת֙ אַל־ תִּ֣ירְאִ֔י כִּֽי־ גַם־ זֶ֥ה לָ֖ךְ בֵּֽן

וַיְהִ֥י  And  it  came  to  pass 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְהַקְשֹׁתָ֖הּ  when  she  was  hard 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct, third person feminine singular
Root: קָשָׁה  
Sense: to be hard, be severe, be fierce, be harsh.
בְּלִדְתָּ֑הּ  in  labor 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person feminine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
וַתֹּ֨אמֶר  that  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
לָ֤הּ  to  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
הַמְיַלֶּ֙דֶת֙  the  midwife 
Parse: Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, feminine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
תִּ֣ירְאִ֔י  do  fear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person feminine singular
Root: יָרֵא 
Sense: to fear, revere, be afraid.
גַם־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
זֶ֥ה  this  [shall  be] 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
לָ֖ךְ  unto  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
בֵּֽן  a  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.

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