Rachel
Birth: (not stated)
Death: Genesis 35:19-20
Father: Laban, Isaac (father-in-law)
Mother: (not named), Sarai/Sarah (mother-in-law)
Sister: Leah
Spouse: Jacob
Sons: Joseph and Ben-Oni/Benjamin
Links open with New International Version (NIV) verses.
Unless otherwise stated, links applicable in both King James & NIV.
Rachel references: (King James and NIV)
- Genesis 29:6-31 - Jacob falls in love with Rachel and agrees to work for Laban to wed her after 7 yrs.
- Genesis 30:1-25 - Rachel's and Bilhah's children with Jacob
- Genesis 31:4-35 - Jacob, his wives and children leave Laban after spending 20 yrs. with Laban
- Genesis 33:1-7 - Jacob meets Esau again
- Genesis 35:16-25 - Rachel dies after giving birth to Ben-Oni/Benjamin
Genesis 46:19-22 - Jacob's 66 descendants survived famine in Egypt with Joseph
19. The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
20. In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
21. The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.
22. These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob--fourteen in all.
- Genesis 48:7 - "buried beside the road to Ephrath (Bethlehem)"
- Ruth 4:11 - Leah and Rachel stated as matriarchs of Israel
- 1 Samuel 10:2 - Rachel's tomb in Zelzah
- Jeremiah 31:15 - Jeremiah's prophecy (King James only)
- Matthew 2:18 - Jeremiah's prophecy remembered
