Genesis 35:16

Easy To Read Version

Jacob and his group left Bethel. Just before they came to Ephrath (Bethlehem), Rachel began giving birth to her baby.

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

Then the Lord God said to the woman,

Genesis 35:19

Rachel was buried on the road to Ephrath. (Ephrath is Bethlehem.)

Genesis 48:7

On the trip from Paddan Aram, Rachel died. This made me very sad. She died in the land of Canaan. We were still traveling toward Ephrath. I buried her there on the road to Ephrath. (Ephrath is Bethlehem.)”

2 Kings 5:19

Then Elisha said to Naaman, “Go in peace.”

1 Chronicles 2:19

When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. Caleb and Ephrath had a son. They named him Hur.

Psalm 132:6

We heard about it in Ephrathah. {\cf2\super [616]} \par We found the Box of the Agreement {\cf2\super [617]} \par at Kiriath Jearim. {\cf2\super [618]} \par

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,\par are the smallest town in Judah.\par Your family is almost too small to count.\par But the “Ruler of Israel”\par will come from you for me.\par His beginnings {\cf2\super [60]} are from ancient times,\par from long, long ago.\par

Matthew 2:1

Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea. He was born during the time when Herod {\cf2\super [17]} was king. After Jesus was born, some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem.

Matthew 2:16

Herod {\cf2\super [29]} saw that the wise men had fooled him. Herod was very, very angry. So Herod gave an order to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and in all the area around Bethlehem. Herod had learned from the wise men the time \{the baby was born\}. It was now two years from that time. So Herod said to kill all the boys that were two years old and younger.

Matthew 2:18

“A sound was heard in Ramah.\par It was bitter crying\par and much sadness.\par Rachel cries for her children;\par and she cannot be comforted,\par because her children are dead.”\par \i (Jeremiah 31:15)\i0 \par

1 Timothy 2:15

But women will be saved in their work of having children. They will be saved if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, and control themselves in the right way.

Ruth 1:2

The man’s wife was named Naomi and his two sons were named Mahlon and Kilion. These people were from the Ephrathah family of Bethlehem, Judah. The family traveled to the hill country of Moab and stayed there.

Ruth 4:11

So all the people and elders [32] that were near the city gates were witnesses. They said,

1 Samuel 10:2

After you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. The two men will say to you, ‘Someone found the donkeys you were looking for. Your father stopped worrying about his donkeys. Now he is worrying about you. He is saying: What will I do about my son?’”

1 Samuel 4:20

She was about to die when the women who were helping her said, “Don’t worry! You have given birth to a son.”