Genesis 35:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Jacob and his group left Bethel. Before they came to Ephrath, Rachel began giving birth to her baby.

Cross References

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are the smallest town in Judah. Your family is almost too small to count, but the “Ruler of Israel” will come from you to rule for me. His beginnings are from ancient times, from long, long ago.

Matthew 2:18

“A sound was heard in Ramah— bitter crying and great sadness. Rachel cries for her children, and she cannot be comforted, because her children are gone.” Jeremiah 31:15

Genesis 48:7

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

1 Timothy 2:15

But women will be saved in their work of having children. They will be saved if they continue to live in faith, love, and holiness with sensible behavior.

Matthew 2:16

Herod saw that the wise men had fooled him, and he was very angry. So he gave an order to kill all the baby boys in Bethlehem and the whole 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 he said to kill all the boys who were two years old and younger.

Matthew 2:1

Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea during the time when Herod was king. After Jesus was born, some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem.

Psalm 132:6

We heard about this in Ephrathah. We found the Box of the Agreement at Kiriath Jearim.

1 Chronicles 2:19

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

2 Kings 5:19

Then Elisha said to Naaman, “Go in peace.” So Naaman left Elisha and went a short way.

Ruth 1:2

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

Genesis 35:19

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

Genesis 3:16

Then God said to the woman, “I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant. And when you give birth to children, you will have much pain. You will want your husband very much, but he will rule over you.”

Ruth 4:11

So all the elders and the people who were near the city gates said, “We are witnesses to all of this. And may the Lord bless this woman who is coming into your home to be like Rachel and Leah. They are the ones who had many children to make the people of Israel strong. And may you become powerful in the tribe of Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem!

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.” But she did not answer or pay attention.

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?’”