Genesis 35:18
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.
Cross-reference
In Genesis 30:1, Rachel cries 'Give me children, or I die.' Here she receives both — a child and death. Her desperate plea is tragically fulfilled.
Genesis 42:4 shows Jacob protecting Benjamin — the child Rachel died naming — reflecting her deathbed sorrow now shaping Jacob's later paternal fear.
Genesis 42:38's 'if harm befall him... ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow' — Jacob's grief over potentially losing Benjamin echoes Rachel's dying name 'Ben-oni.'
Genesis 44:27-31 recounts Jacob's sorrow over losing Joseph and his protective love for Benjamin — Rachel's dying words about sorrow now echoed in his grief.
In Genesis 30:24, Rachel names Joseph and prays, 'May the LORD add another son.' Benjamin is that promised son — her prayer is finally answered here.
In Genesis 43:29, Joseph sees Benjamin and calls him 'my mother's son' — a poignant link, since Rachel died bringing Benjamin into the world.
Genesis 43:14 reflects Jacob's anguish: releasing Benjamin, the son Rachel died bearing, carries the weight of her loss into his later fear.
Genesis 44:20 describes Benjamin as the child of Jacob's old age whose brother is dead — Rachel's death here is background to Jacob's later protective love.
Genesis 49:27 is Jacob's prophetic blessing over the tribe of Benjamin — the son Rachel bore and named as she died here.
Genesis 32:22 lists Jacob crossing the Jabbok with eleven sons — Benjamin is the twelfth, not yet born. This shows the narrative timeline before his birth.
In 1 Samuel 4:21, a dying mother names her son Ichabod ('glory departed') — like Rachel naming Ben-oni ('son of sorrow') with her last breath.
In 1 Chronicles 4:9, Jabez's mother also names her son based on birthing sorrow — echoing Rachel naming Ben-oni ('son of my sorrow') in her death-agony.
In 1 Chronicles 2:2, Benjamin is listed among Jacob's sons, confirming this naming as part of Israel's genealogical record.
In 1 Samuel 4:20, a woman also dies in childbirth without acknowledging her newborn — echoing Rachel's death while delivering Benjamin.
Exodus 1:1 lists all Jacob's sons who entered Egypt. Benjamin, the newborn here, is among those named in this formal census.