Genesis 48:7 meaning and explanation
Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrathâ (that is, Bethlehem).
Genesis 48:7, Berean Standard Bible
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Jacob, now old and ill in Egypt, is speaking to Joseph. He has just adopted Joseph's two sons, and here he pauses to explain why: Rachel, Joseph's mother, died on the road near Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem, and was buried there rather than in the family tomb.
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