So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata. This is Bethlehem.
Matthew 2:5 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written by the prophet, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They replied to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: American Standard Version (1901) And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written through the prophet, Common English Bible They said, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote: Catholic Public Domain Version And they said to him: "In Bethlehem of Judea. For so it has been written by the prophet: English Standard Version 2016 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: |
So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata. This is Bethlehem.
WHEN Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.
And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
Doth not the scripture say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem the town where David was?
And Cateth and Naalol and Semeron and Jedala and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their villages.
There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there.
In the days of one of the judges, when the judges ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Juda went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
So they went together and came to Bethlehem. And when they were come into the city, the report was quickly spread among all: and the women said: This is that Noemi.
And, behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and said to the reapers: The Lord be with you. And they answered him: The Lord bless thee.
Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients answered: We are witnesses. The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem.
And the Lord said to Samuel: How It long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.