Genesis 35:19
So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, that is Bethlehem.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
In Context
20And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulcher: this is the pillar of Rachel's monument, to this day.
Cross References
Joshua 19:15And Cateth and Naalol and Semeron and Jedala and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their villages.
Ruth 1:2He was named Elimelech, and his wife, Noemi: and his two sons, the one Mahalon, and the other Chelion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Juda. And entering into the country of Moab, they abode there.
1 Samuel 10:2When thou shalt depart from me this day, thou shalt find two men by the sepulchre of Rachel in the borders of Benjamin to the south, and they shall say to thee: The asses are found which thou wentest to seek: and thy father thinking no more of the asses is concerned for you, and saith: What shall I do for my son?
2 Samuel 23:14And David was then in a hold. and there was a garrison of the Philistines then in Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 2:51Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hariph the father of Bethgader.
Micah 5:1Now shalt thou be laid waste, O daughter of the robber: they have laid siege against us, with a rod shall they strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
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 →