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The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac

16 Leaving Bethel, Jacob and his clan moved on toward Ephrath. But Rachel went into labor while they were still some distance away. Her labor pains were intense.

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The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac(A)

16 Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath,(B) Rachel(C) began to give birth and had great difficulty.

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A Ruler from Bethlehem

[a]But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
    are only a small village among all the people of Judah.
Yet a ruler of Israel,
    whose origins are in the distant past,
    will come from you on my behalf.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:2 Verses 5:2-15 are numbered 5:1-14 in Hebrew text.

“But you, Bethlehem(A) Ephrathah,(B)
    though you are small among the clans[a] of Judah,
out of you will come for me
    one who will be ruler(C) over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,(D)
    from ancient times.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:2 Or rulers

18 “A cry was heard in Ramah—
    weeping and great mourning.
Rachel weeps for her children,
    refusing to be comforted,
    for they are dead.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:18 Jer 31:15.

18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
    weeping and great mourning,
Rachel(A) weeping for her children
    and refusing to be comforted,
    because they are no more.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:18 Jer. 31:15

“Long ago, as I was returning from Paddan-aram,[a] Rachel died in the land of Canaan. We were still on the way, some distance from Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). So with great sorrow I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath.”

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  1. 48:7 Hebrew Paddan, referring to Paddan-aram; compare Gen 35:9.

As I was returning from Paddan,[a](A) to my sorrow(B) Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).(C)

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  1. Genesis 48:7 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

15 But women will be saved through childbearing,[a] assuming they continue to live in faith, love, holiness, and modesty.

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  1. 2:15 Or will be saved by accepting their role as mothers, or will be saved by the birth of the Child.

15 But women[a] will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love(A) and holiness with propriety.

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  1. 1 Timothy 2:15 Greek she

16 Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.

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16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

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Visitors from the East

Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men[a] from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking,

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Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Or royal astrologers; Greek reads magi; also in 2:7, 16.

The Magi Visit the Messiah

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea,(A) during the time of King Herod,(B) Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:1 Traditionally wise men

We heard that the Ark was in Ephrathah;
    then we found it in the distant countryside of Jaar.

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We heard it in Ephrathah,(A)
    we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 132:6 Or heard of it in Ephrathah, / we found it in the fields of Jearim. (See 1 Chron. 13:5,6) (And no quotation marks around verses 7-9)

19 After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrathah,[a] and they had a son named Hur.

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  1. 2:19 Hebrew Ephrath, a variant spelling of Ephrathah; compare 2:50 and 4:4.

19 When Azubah died, Caleb(A) married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

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19 “Go in peace,” Elisha said. So Naaman started home again.

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19 “Go in peace,”(A) Elisha said.

After Naaman had traveled some distance,

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The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. And when they reached Moab, they settled there.

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The man’s name was Elimelek,(A) his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion.(B) They were Ephrathites(C) from Bethlehem,(D) Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.

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19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath(A) (that is, Bethlehem(B)).

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16 Then he said to the woman,

“I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy,
    and in pain you will give birth.
And you will desire to control your husband,
    but he will rule over you.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:16 Or And though you will have desire for your husband, / he will rule over you.

16 To the woman he said,

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
    with painful labor you will give birth to children.(A)
Your desire will be for your husband,
    and he will rule over you.(B)

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