She was holding her own child

The cause, according to medical experts, may have been hypertonic uterine contractions.
A breech birth complicated things (in the text the midwife announces 'it is a son' before the delivery is complete).
The Hebrew text also says Rachel (whom Reisenberger maintains was 40 years old and had last given birth 10 years previously) became 'hard', indicating some form of uterine paralysis.
'In this case, women often die, even in our time', Reisenberger added.
'They often bleed to death'.
It was miraculous that the midwife had managed to deliver Benjamin alive, despite Rachel's uterine paralysis.
'I looked for indications of bleeding in the text, but couldn't find it', Reisenberger recalled.
'Suddenly it struck me; the bible says 'when her soul was departing'. In Judaism the blood is the soul. If the soul was departing it was clear she was bleeding to death'.
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Azila Reisenberger, in Biblical texts reveal compelling mysteries.
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Rachel and Leah were twin sisters, fourteen years old when Jacob came to their father's house; consequently they were twenty-one years old at the time of their marriage to Jacob (Seder 'Olam Rabbah ii).
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For you, Rachel, I will bring Israel back to their place.
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Bueno, Rachel -Raχel- fue la única mujer que supo despertar la compasión de Di-s.
Algo realmente excepcional en la historia de este mundo, que nos acerca al entendimiento del verdadero significado de la existencia humana.
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