Genesis 48:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, Rachel died– to my sorrow– in the land of Canaan. It happened along the way, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there on the way to Ephrath”(that is, Bethlehem).

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  • Gen 35:9 : 9 God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him.
  • Gen 35:16-19 : 16 They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor– and her labor was hard. 17 When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her,“Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son.” 18 With her dying breath, she named him Ben Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead. 19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath(that is, Bethlehem).
  • Ruth 1:2 : 2 (Now the man’s name was Elimelech, his wife was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were of the clan of Ephrath from Bethlehem in Judah.) They entered the region of Moab and settled there.
  • 1 Sam 1:1 : 1 ¶ Hannah Gives Birth to Samuel There was a man from Ramathaim Zophim, from the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
  • 1 Sam 10:2 : 2 When you leave me today, you will find two men near Rachel’s tomb at Zelzah on Benjamin’s border. They will say to you,‘The donkeys you have gone looking for have been found. Your father is no longer concerned about the donkeys but has become anxious about you two! He is asking,“What should I do about my son?”’
  • 1 Sam 17:12 : 12 Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 A King Will Come and a Remnant Will Prosper(5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah– from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
  • Matt 2:18 : 18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing, Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were gone.”
  • Gen 25:20 : 20 When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 35:16-20
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    86%

    16They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor– and her labor was hard.

    17When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her,“Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son.”

    18With her dying breath, she named him Ben Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead.

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

    20Jacob set up a marker over her grave; it is the Marker of Rachel’s Grave to this day.

  • Gen 49:29-32
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    29Then he instructed them,“I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

    30It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.

    31There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and there I buried Leah.

    32The field and the cave in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.”

  • Gen 30:25
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    25The Flocks of Jacob After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban,“Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country.

  • Gen 47:29-30
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    29The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him,“If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

    30but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” Joseph said,“I will do as you say.”

  • Gen 30:1-3
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    1When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob,“Give me children or I’ll die!”

    2Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed,“Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

    3She replied,“Here is my servant Bilhah! Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her.”

  • Gen 46:19
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    19The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.

  • Gen 48:21
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    21Then Israel said to Joseph,“I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 31:14
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    14Then Rachel and Leah replied to him,“Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?

  • Gen 50:13
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    13His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.

  • Gen 48:8
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    8When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked,“Who are these?”

  • Gen 42:38
    69%

    38But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”

  • Matt 2:18
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    18“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing, Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were gone.”

  • Ruth 4:11
    69%

    11All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied,“We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.

  • Gen 35:8
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    8(Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.)

  • Gen 50:5
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    5‘My father made me swear an oath. He said,“I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”

  • Gen 23:2
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    2Then she died in Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

  • Gen 29:9
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    9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them.

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

  • Gen 29:11
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    11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly.

  • Gen 23:19
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    19After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre(that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 37:35
    68%

    35All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled.“No,” he said,“I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.

  • Acts 7:15
    68%

    15So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,