Genesis 35:16
And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
KJV
Egressus autem inde, venit verno tempore ad terram quæ ducit Ephratam : in qua cum parturiret Rachel,
Vulgate
Ἀπάρας δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἐκ Βαιθὴλ ἔπηξεν τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ πύργου Γάδερ. ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἤγγισεν χαβραθὰ εἰς γῆν ἐλθεῖν Ἐφράθα, ἔτεκεν Ῥαχήλ· καὶ ἐδυστόκησεν ἐν τῷ τοκετῷ.
LXX
And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
ASV
וַ/יִּסְעוּ֙ מִ/בֵּ֣ית אֵ֔ל וַֽ/יְהִי ע֥וֹד כִּבְרַת הָ/אָ֖רֶץ לָ/ב֣וֹא אֶפְרָ֑תָה וַ/תֵּ֥לֶד רָחֵ֖ל וַ/תְּקַ֥שׁ בְּ/לִדְתָּֽ/הּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers Jacob and Esau, Joseph's rise in Egypt, the famine, Jacob's family settling in Goshen, the enslavement of Israel, the birth and early life of Moses, the ten plagues, and the Exodus from Egypt including the crossing of the Red Sea.
Cross-references
- Gen 35:24 — The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
- Gen 42:38 — And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow
- Gen 44:27 — And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
- Gen 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 s
- Gen 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 s
- Matt 2:18 — In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
- Mic 5:2 — But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, f
- 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 Isra