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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 48:7 Lit upon me

11 And all the people who were [a]in the court, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home (A)like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve [b]wealth in Ephrathah and [c]become famous in Bethlehem.

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  1. Ruth 4:11 Lit at the gate
  2. Ruth 4:11 Or power
  3. Ruth 4:11 Lit call the name in

(A)And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah,
Are by no means least among the leaders of Judah;
For from you will come forth a Ruler
Who will (B)shepherd My people Israel.’”

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