Genesis - 35:19



19 Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 35:19.

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And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).
So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, that is Bethlehem.
and Rachel dieth, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which is Bethlehem,
So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).
And so Rachel died, and she was buried in the way that leads to Ephrath: this place is Bethlehem.
Mortua est itaque Rachel, et sepulta est in via Ephrath, haec est Bethlehem.

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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; at what age she died is not said. Polyhistor, out of Demetrius (d), reports, that she died after Jacob had lived with her twenty three years.
(d) Apnd Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 21. p. 424.

Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem--The one, the old name; the other, the later name, signifying "house of bread."

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