Verse 16

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

Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Gen 48:7 : 7 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).
  • 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.”
  • 1 Tim 2:15 : 15 But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.
  • 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.
  • 2 Kgs 5:19 : 19 Elisha said to him,“Go in peace.” When he had gone a short distance,
  • 1 Chr 2:19 : 19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
  • Ps 132:6 : 6 Look, we heard about it in Ephrathah, we found it in the territory of Jaar.
  • Matt 2:1 : 1 The Visit of the Wise Men After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
  • Gen 3:16 : 16 To the woman he said,“I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you.”
  • Gen 35:19 : 19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath(that is, Bethlehem).