- Rachel:
- "And Godª appearedª° unto¹ Jacobª again,¹ when he cameª° out of Padanaram,ª¹ and blessedª° him." {Gen 35:9} + "And they journeyedª° from Bethel;ª¹ and there was¹ butª a little² wayª¹ to comeª° to Ephrath:ª and Rachelª travailed,ª° and she had hardª° labour.ª° ... And Rachelª died,ª° and was buriedª° in the wayª to Ephrath,ª which¹ [is] Bethlehem.ª" {Gen 35:16-19} + "When thou art departed²°¹ from¹¹ me² to day,ª then thou shalt findª° twoª men²¹ by¹ Rachel'sª sepulchreª in the borderª of Benjaminª at Zelzah;ª and they will sayª° unto¹ thee, The assesª which¹ thou wentestª° to seekª° are found:ª° and, lo,¹ thy fatherª hath leftª°¹ the careª of the asses,ª and sorrowethª° for you, saying,ª° What¹ shall I doª° for my son?ª" {1Sm 10:2} + "Inª Ramaª was there²° a voiceª heard,ª° lamentation,ª andª weeping,ª andª greatª mourning,ª Rachelª weepingª° [for] her²¹ children,ª andª wouldª° notª be comforted,ª° becauseª they areª° not.ª" {Mtt 2:18}, to Ephrath, "And the nameª of the manª [was] Elimelech,ª and the nameª of his wifeª Naomi,ª and the nameª of his twoª sonsª Mahlonª and Chilion,ª Ephrathitesª of Bethlehemjudah.ªª¹ And they cameª° into the countryª of Moab,ª and continued¹ there.¹" {Rth 1:2} + "Now there was¹ a certainª manª of¹ Ramathaimzophim,ª of mountª¹ Ephraim,ª and his nameª [was] Elkanah,ª the sonª of Jeroham,ª the sonª of Elihu,ª the sonª of Tohu,ª the sonª of Zuph,ª an Ephrathite:ª¹" {1Sm 1:1} + "Now Davidª [was] the sonª of that¹ Ephrathiteªª of Bethlehemjudah,ª²¹ whose nameª [was] Jesse;ª and he had eightª sons:ª and the manª wentª° among men²¹ [for] an old¹ man²° in the daysª of Saul.ª" {1Sm 17:12} + "But thou,¹ Bethlehemª Ephratah,ª [though] thou be¹ littleª among the thousandsª of Judah,ª [yet] out of¹ thee shall he come forthª° unto me [that is] to be¹ rulerª° in Israel;ª whose goings forthª [have been] from of old,ª¹ from everlasting.ªª¹" {Mic 5:2}
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