Genesis 35:19

19 Rachel died and was buried near the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.

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. You have another son."

18 As her life faded away, just before she died, she named him Ben-oni, but his father named him Benjamin.

19 Rachel died and was buried near the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.

20 Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. It's the pillar on Rachel's tomb that's still there today.

21 Israel continued his trip and pitched his tent farther on near the tower of Eder.