19 So (A)Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to (B)Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem), 20 and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is (C)the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day.

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As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow (A)Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance[a] to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 48:7 Or about two hours' distance

When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by (A)Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, (B)‘The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now (C)your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’

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