Genesis 35:19

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

Genesis 35:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 35:19

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which
[is] Bethlehem.
Hence called Bethlehem Ephratah, ( Micah 5:2 ) ; with great pertinency is Rachel represented as if risen from her grave, and weeping for her children, when the children of Bethlehem, and thereabout, were slain by Herod, she being buried so near that place, ( Matthew 2:16-18 ) ; at what age she died is not said. Polyhistor, out of Demetrius ^F4, reports, that she died after Jacob had lived with her twenty three years.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Apnd Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 21. p. 424.

Genesis 35:19 In-Context

17 During her difficult labor, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for this is another son for you."

18 With her last breath-for she was dying-she named him Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.

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

20 Jacob set up a marker on her grave; it is the marker at Rachel's grave to this day.

21 Israel set out again and pitched his tent beyond the tower at Eder.

Footnotes

• [a]. Mc 5:2; Mt 2:18