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Rachel רָחֵל
Rachel was the beloved wife of Jacob, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
Also called Rahel.
Family
Where Rachel appears
Genesis (41), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (1), Jeremiah (1), Matthew (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 29:6 first mention — And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
- Genesis 29:18 — And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
- Genesis 29:30 — And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- Genesis 29:31 — And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 30:1 — And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- Genesis 30:2 — And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
- Genesis 30:22 — And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
- Genesis 31:19 — And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
- Genesis 35:16 — And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
- Genesis 35:19 — And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
- 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 Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
- Jeremiah 31:15 — Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.