Genesis 35:19

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

Genesis 35:19 in Other Translations

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

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

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

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

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.

---

FOOTNOTES:

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

Genesis 35:19 In-Context

17 And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”

18 As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.

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

20 Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.

21 Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 16
• 2. Genesis 48:7; Joshua 19:15; Judges 12:8; Judges 17:7; Judges 19:1,18; Ruth 1:1,19; 1 Samuel 17:12; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:16