Genesis 35:16
They traveled from Beth-el [House of God]. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel [Ewe sheep] travailed. She had hard labor.
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15Jacob [Supplanter] called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Beth-el [House of God]”.
Cross References
Genesis 3:16To the woman he said, 1 “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. 2 In pain you will bear children. 1 Your desire will be for your husband, 2 and he will have authority over you.”
Genesis 48:7As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel [Ewe sheep] died by me in the land of Canaan [Humbled] on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem [House of Bread]).”
Psalms 132:6Behold, we sh'ma ·heard obeyed· of it in Ephrathah. 2 We found it in the field of Jaar: 1
Matthew 2:1+ 2:1 (1-2) MP: Messiah is God’s servant born in Bethlehem, “the future ruler of Israel”. (Mic 5:2b) + 2:1 (1-6) MP: Messiah is born in Bethlehem Ephrathah. This defines the ancient Bethlehem originally called Ephrath in (Gen 35:16, 35:19; 48:7; Ruth 4:11). This place was also called Beth-lehem Ephratah (Mic 5:2), Beth-lehem-Judah (1 Sam 17:12), and “the city of David” (Luke 2:4). At the time of Yeshua's birth, Bethlehem Ephrathah, also called “Bethlehem in Judea” in (Matt 2:5), was a village about five miles south of Jerusalem in Judea. This is different from the Zebulun tribe's city of Bethlehem in the Galilee, about six miles west of Nazareth menioned only in (Josh 19:15). (Mic 5:2a) Now when Yeshua [Salvation] was born in Bethlehem [House of Bread] of Judea [Praise] in the days of King Herod [Heroic], behold, + 2:1 (1-2) MP: Star out of Jacob. Star and Scepter (Gen 49:10) together identify royal leadership. (Num 24:17) + 2:1 (1b-2) MP: Gentile Kings will seek out the birth of Messiah. (See also Ps 72:10, 72:15; Is 60:6). (Is 60:3) + 2:1 b MP: Presented with tribute and gifts from foreign kings. Being interpreted as pertaining to the Magi [Conjurer] (Persian King makers, Astrologers) “from the east” (Matt 2:1). (See also Ps 72:15; Is 60:3, 60:6). (Ps 72:10) Magi [Conjurer] (Persian King makers, Astrologers) from the east came to Jerusalem [City of peace], saying,
Matthew 2:18“A voice was heard in Ramah, 2 lamentation, weeping and great mourning, 1 Rachel [Ewe sheep] is weeping for her children; 2 and she wouldn’t be comforted, 2 because they are no more.” + 2:18. Quoted from Jer 31:15
Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:7-16
Jacob's Arrival at Bethel. ( b. c. 1732.) 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-Beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.… Read the whole commentary →