Genèse 35:19

19 Rachel mourut, et elle fut enterrée sur le chemin d'Ephrata, qui est Bethléhem.

Genèse 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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Genèse 35:19 In-Context

17 et pendant les douleurs de l'enfantement, la sage-femme lui dit: Ne crains point, car tu as encore un fils!
18 Et comme elle allait rendre l'âme, car elle était mourante, elle lui donna le nom de Ben-Oni; mais le père l'appela Benjamin.
19 Rachel mourut, et elle fut enterrée sur le chemin d'Ephrata, qui est Bethléhem.
20 Jacob éleva un monument sur son sépulcre; c'est le monument du sépulcre de Rachel, qui existe encore aujourd'hui.
21 Israël partit; et il dressa sa tente au delà de Migdal-Eder.
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