Genesis 35:19
And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
In Context
20And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave, the same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.
Cross References
Joshua 19:15and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve cities with their villages.
Ruth 1:2And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
1 Samuel 10:2When thou are departed from me today, then thou shall find two men by Rachel's sepulcher in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. And they will say to thee, The donkeys which thou went to seek are found, and, lo, thy father has left of
2 Samuel 23:14And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 2:51Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
Micah 5:1Now thou shall gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:17-21
Death of Rachel. ( b. c. 1732.) 16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 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. 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. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 20 And… Read the whole commentary →