Genesis 35:16

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Then they set out from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.

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  • Mic 5:2 : 2 Therefore, he will give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth, and the rest of his brothers will return to join the children of Israel.
  • Gen 48:7 : 7 'As for me, when I was coming from Paddan, Rachel died on me in the land of Canaan, along the way, still some distance from Ephrath. I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.'
  • Matt 2:18 : 18 'A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.'
  • 1 Tim 2:15 : 15 But she will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness with self-control.
  • Ruth 1:2 : 2 The man's name was Elimelech, his wife's name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They came to the fields of Moab and settled there.
  • 2 Kgs 5:19 : 19 'Go in peace,' Elisha said. So Naaman departed and traveled some distance.
  • 1 Chr 2:19 : 19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, and she bore him Hur.
  • Ps 132:6 : 6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of the forest.
  • Matt 2:1 : 1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign of King Herod, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, realizing that he had been deceived by the magi, became furious. He sent orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had determined from the magi.
  • Gen 3:16 : 16 To the woman He said, 'I will greatly increase your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.'
  • Gen 35:19 : 19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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  • Gen 35:17-21
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    17During her hard labor, the midwife said to her, "Don’t be afraid, for you have another son!"

    18As her life was slipping away, because she was dying, she named him Ben-Oni, but his father called him Benjamin.

    19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

    20Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; that pillar marks Rachel's grave to this day.

    21Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

  • Gen 48:7
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    7'As for me, when I was coming from Paddan, Rachel died on me in the land of Canaan, along the way, still some distance from Ephrath. I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.'

  • Gen 30:22-25
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    74%

    22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb.

    23She conceived and gave birth to a son and said, 'God has taken away my disgrace.'

    24She named him Joseph and said, 'May the LORD add another son to me.'

    25After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, 'Send me on my way so I can go back to my homeland.'

  • Gen 35:15
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    15Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

  • Gen 30:1-3
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    1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing children for Jacob, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, 'Give me children, or I will die!'

    2Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, 'Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?'

    3Then she said, 'Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me, and through her, I too can build a family.'

  • Gen 38:27
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    27When the time came for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

    10When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and Laban’s sheep, he went up, rolled the stone away from the well’s mouth, and watered his uncle Laban’s sheep.

    11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

    12Jacob told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.

  • Gen 30:7-8
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    7Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

    8Then Rachel said, 'I have struggled greatly with my sister and I have prevailed.' So she named him Naphtali.

  • Gen 30:5
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    5Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

  • Gen 29:16
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    16Now Laban had two daughters: The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Gen 35:24
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    24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

  • Gen 35:6
    70%

    6Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 46:19
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    19The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife, were Joseph and Benjamin.

  • Gen 29:6
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    6Then he asked, 'Is he well?' They said, 'He is well, and look, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep.'

  • Gen 25:24
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    24When the time came for her to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

  • Gen 29:31
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    31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb, but Rachel remained barren.

  • Gen 31:34
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    34Rachel had taken the household idols, put them in the camel’s saddle, and was sitting on them. Laban searched the entire tent but did not find them.

  • Jer 31:15
    69%

    15This is what the LORD says: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping—Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted because they are no more.

  • Gen 31:14
    69%

    14Then Rachel and Leah replied to him, 'Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?

  • Matt 2:18
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    18'A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.'

  • Gen 31:19
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    19Meanwhile, Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

  • Gen 31:4
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    4So Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flock was.

  • Gen 46:22
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    22These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob—fourteen in all.