Genesis 35:19
So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).
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In The King James Version
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
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Joshua 19:15And Kattath and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Beth-lehem; twelve towns with their unwalled places.
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 Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and were there for some time.
1 Samuel 10:2When you have gone away from me today, you will see two men by the resting-place of Rachel's body, in the land of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went in search of have come back, and now your father, caring no longer for the asses, is troubled about you, saying, What am I to do about my son?
2 Samuel 23:14And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.
1 Chronicles 2:51Salma, the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-gader.
Micah 5:1\5:2\And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.
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 →