Genesis 35:19

19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way 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 After a very hard delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, “Don’t be afraid—you have another son!”

18 Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named the baby Ben-oni (which means “son of my sorrow”). The baby’s father, however, called him Benjamin (which means “son of my right hand”).

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

20 Jacob set up a stone monument over Rachel’s grave, and it can be seen there to this day.

21 Then Jacob traveled on and camped beyond Migdal-eder.