# Ephrath

This is another name for the town of Bethlehem.

# She had hard labor

"She was having a very difficult time giving birth to the child"

# While she was in hardest labor

"When the labor pain was at its worst"

# midwife

a person who helps a woman when she is giving birth to a child

# As she was dying, with her dying breath

A "dying breath" is a person's last breath before he or she dies. AT: "Just before she died, as she was taking her last breath" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Ben-Oni

Translator may add a footnote that says "The name Ben-Oni means 'son of my sorrow.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Benjamin

Translator may add a footnote that says "The name Benjamin means 'son of the right hand.'" The phrase "right hand" indicates a place of special favor.

# was buried

This can be stated in active form. AT: "they buried her" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# on the way

"alongside the road"

# It is the marker of Rachel's grave to this day

"It marks Rachel's grave still to this day"

# to this day

"up to the present time." This means to the time that the author was writing this.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/bethel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/bethlehem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/rachel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/laborpains]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/benjamin]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bury]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/pillar]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tomb]]