Places
Rachel's Tomb
Rachel's Tomb is the monument Jacob raises over Rachel's grave on the road to Ephrath; he recalls her burial there in Genesis 48.
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Places
First mention
Genesis 35:20
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Genesis 35, 48Burial site
Scripture references
- Genesis 35:20
Jacob raised a monument on her grave, that same monument of Rachel's Tomb which is there today.
- Genesis 48:7
'When I was on my way from Paddan, to my sorrow death took your mother Rachel from me in Canaan, on the journey while only a short distance from Ephrath. I buried her there on the road to Ephrath -- now Bethlehem.'