Genesis 35:19
New International Version
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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

English Standard Version
So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),

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

King James Bible
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

New King James Version
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

New American Standard Bible
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

NASB 1995
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

NASB 1977
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

American Standard Version
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Rakhyl died and she was buried in the way of Ephrath, this is Bayth Lekhem.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So Rachel died, and was buried in the way of the course of Ephratha, this is Bethleem.

Contemporary English Version
Rachel was buried beside the road to Ephrath, which is also called Bethlehem.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, that is Bethlehem.

English Revised Version
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Good News Translation
When Rachel died, she was buried beside the road to Ephrath, now known as Bethlehem.

International Standard Version
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrathah, also known as Bethlehem.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath--the same is Beth-lehem.

Literal Standard Version
and Rachel dies, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which [is] Beth-Lehem,

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

New American Bible
Thus Rachel died; and she was buried on the road to Ephrath (now Bethlehem).

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

New Revised Standard Version
So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),

New Heart English Bible
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Webster's Bible Translation
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.

World English Bible
Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).

Young's Literal Translation
and Rachel dieth, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which is Bethlehem,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Benjamin is Born, Rachel Dies
18And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin. 19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). 20Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.…

Cross References
Genesis 35:16
Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

Genesis 35:18
And with her last breath--for she was dying--she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

Genesis 48:7
Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem).

Ruth 1:2
The man's name was Elimelech, his wife's name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.

Ruth 4:11
"We are witnesses," said the elders and all the people at the gate. "May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.

Ezra 2:21
the men of Bethlehem, 123;


Treasury of Scripture

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

Rachel died.

Genesis 48:7
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.

Ephrath.

Joshua 19:15
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

Ruth 1:2
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Ruth 4:11
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

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Genesis 35
1. God commands Jacob to go to Bethel.
2. He purges his house of idols.
6. He builds an altar at Bethel.
8. Deborah dies at Allon Bacuth.
9. God blesses Jacob at Bethel.
10. Jacob Named Israel.
16. Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar.
22. Reuben lies with Bilhah.
23. The sons of Jacob.
27. Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron.
28. The age, death, and burial of Isaac.














Verse 19. - And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem - or House of Bread, about seven miles south of Jerusalem. It afterwards became the birthplace of David (1 Samuel 16:18) and of Christ (Matthew 2:1). The assertion that this clause is a later interpolation (Lunge) is unfounded (Kalisch, Kurtz).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Rachel
רָחֵ֑ל (rā·ḥêl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacob

died
וַתָּ֖מָת (wat·tā·māṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

and was buried
וַתִּקָּבֵר֙ (wat·tiq·qā·ḇêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6912: To inter

on the way
בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (bə·ḏe·reḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

to Ephrath
אֶפְרָ֔תָה (’ep̄·rā·ṯāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 672: Ephrath -- an Israelite woman, also the name of several places in Palestine

(that is,
הִ֖וא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

Bethlehem).
לָֽחֶם׃ (lā·ḥem)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1035: Bethlehem -- 'place of bread', a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun


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