Bethel: but while they still had some distance to go on the way to Ephrath, Rachel began to be in labor and to suffer great distress. When her pangs were most sever, her mid-wife said to her, "Have no fear! This time, too, you will have a son." With her last breath- for she was at the point of death- she called him Ben-oni [meaning: son of my affliction]; his father, however, named him Benjamin [meaning: son of my right hand or son of good fortune]. Thus Rachel died; and she was buried on the road to Ephrath [that is, Bethlehem]. Jacob set up a memorial stone on her grave, and the same monument marks Rachel's grave to this day.

(27-29) Jacob went home to his father Isaac atU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a surprise visit to Somalia on Tuesday to show support for the war-torn country and its efforts to restore normalcy after more than 20 years of chaos.

Kerry traveled from Nairobi to Mogadishu, becoming the first sitting U.S. secretary of state to visit Somalia. He spent about 3½ hours in the capital, a visit that was not publicly announced in advance.

Speaking at the airport, Kerry said he was impressed with the country's progress toward peace and stability.

"I visited Somalia today because your country is turning around. Three years have passed since a provisional constitution was adopted and a parliament sworn in," Kerry said.

He also noted that, with help from AMISOM, the African Union peacekeeping mission, "Somali forces have pushed al-Shabab [extremists] out