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So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath&#8221 (that is, Bethlehem). <a href="/nlt/genesis/48.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Long ago, as I was returning from Paddan-aram, 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.” <a href="/esv/genesis/48.htm">English Standard Version</a> As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).” <a href="/bsb/genesis/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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 Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem). <a href="/kjv/genesis/48.htm">King James Bible</a> And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/48.htm">New King James Version</a> But as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).” <a href="/nasb_/genesis/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, 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).” <a href="/nasb/genesis/48.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/genesis/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).” <a href="/lsb/genesis/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).” <a href="/amp/genesis/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now as for me, when I came from Paddan [in Mesopotamia], Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).” <a href="/csb/genesis/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way, some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem). <a href="/hcsb/genesis/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way, some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath,&#8221 (that is, Bethlehem). <a href="/asv/genesis/48.htm">American Standard Version</a> And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem). <a href="/cev/genesis/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Unfortunately, your mother Rachel died in Canaan after we had left northern Syria and before we reached Bethlehem. And I had to bury her along the way. <a href="/erv/genesis/48.htm">English Revised Version</a> And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem). <a href="/gwt/genesis/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> As I was coming back from Paddan, Rachel died in Canaan when we were still some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there on the way to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem). <a href="/gnt/genesis/48.htm">Good News Translation</a> I am doing this because of your mother Rachel. To my great sorrow she died in the land of Canaan, not far from Ephrath, as I was returning from Mesopotamia. I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath." (Ephrath is now known as Bethlehem.) <a href="/isv/genesis/48.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Now as for me, Rachel died after I arrived in Canaan from Paddan, much to my sorrow. While I was on my journey to Ephrathah (also known as Bethlehem), I buried her there." <a href="/msb/genesis/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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 Ephrath? (that is, Bethlehem). <a href="/net/genesis/48.htm">NET Bible</a> But as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, Rachel died--to my sorrow--in the land of Canaan. It happened along the way, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there on the way to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem). <a href="/nheb/genesis/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, in my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath. And I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem)." <a href="/wbt/genesis/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath, the same is Beth-lehem. <a href="/web/genesis/48.htm">World English Bible</a> As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I—in my coming in from Padan-[Aram] Rachel has died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, while yet a distance of land to enter Ephrata, and I bury her there in the way of Ephrata, which [is] Beth-Lehem.” <a href="/ylt/genesis/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I -- in my coming in from Padan-Aram Rachel hath died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, while yet a kibrath of land to enter Ephrata, and I bury her there in the way of Ephrata, which is Bethlehem.' <a href="/slt/genesis/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I in my coming from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, in yet a length of land to go to Ephrath: and I shall bury her there in the way of Ephrath; this the house of bread.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For, when I came out of Mesopotamia, Rachel died from me in the land of Ohanaan in the very journey, and it was springtime: and I was going to Ephrata, and I buried her near the way of Ephrata, which by another name is called Bethlehem. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> As for me, when I came from Mesopotamia, Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the very journey, and it was springtime. And I entered Ephrath and buried her next to the way of Ephrath, which by another name is called Bethlehem.” <a href="/nabre/genesis/48.htm">New American Bible</a> I do this because, when I was returning from Paddan, your mother Rachel died, to my sorrow, during the journey in Canaan, while we were still a short distance from Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath [now Bethlehem].” <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For when I came from Paddan, Rachel, alas, died in the land of Canaan on the way, while there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And as for me, when I was coming from Padan-aram, Rachel died at my side in the land of Canaan on the way, within the distance of three or four miles from the entrance to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the road to Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I, when I came from Padan of Aram, Rakhyl died by me in the land of Canaan on the road, on a journey of about a Pharsakh of the land, to the entrance of Ephrath, and I buried her there on the road of Ephrath, which is Bayth Lekhem.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died unto me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath--the same is Beth-lehem.' <a href="/sep/genesis/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And as for me, when I came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, Rachel, thy mother, died in the land of Chanaan, as I drew night to the horse-course of Chabratha of the land of Chanaan, so as to come to Ephratha; and I buried her in the road of the course; this is Bethlehem. <a href="/parallel/genesis/48-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=12613" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/48.htm">Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh</a> …6Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit. 7<a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: wa·’ă·nî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">Now as for me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bə·ḇō·’î (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">when I was returning</a> <a href="/hebrew/6307.htm" title="6307: mip·pad·dān (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- The place where Rachel died. ">from Paddan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to my sorrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/7354.htm" title="7354: rā·ḥêl (N-proper-fs) -- A wife of Jacob. The same as rachel; Rachel, a wife of Jacob.">Rachel</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: mê·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">died</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: bad·de·reḵ (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">along the way</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: kə·na·‘an (N-proper-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">of Canaan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: bə·‘ō·wḏ (Prep-b:: Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3530.htm" title="3530: kiḇ·raṯ- (N-fsc) -- Distance. Feminine of kbar; properly, length, i.e. A measure.">some distance</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: lā·ḇō (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come."></a> <a href="/hebrew/672.htm" title="672: ’ep̄·rā·ṯāh (N-proper-fs) -- Or mephrathah; from parah; fruitfulness; Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem; once perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman.">from Ephrath.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6912.htm" title="6912: wā·’eq·bə·re·hā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 3fs) -- To bury. A primitive root; to intern.">So I buried her</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: bə·ḏe·reḵ (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">beside the road</a> <a href="/hebrew/672.htm" title="672: ’ep̄·rāṯ (N-proper-fs) -- Or mephrathah; from parah; fruitfulness; Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem; once perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman.">to Ephrath”</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">(that</a> <a href="/hebrew/1035.htm" title="1035: bêṯ (Prep) -- From bayith and lechem; house of bread; Beth- Lechem, a place in Palestine.">is,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1035.htm" title="1035: lā·ḥem (N-proper-fs) -- From bayith and lechem; house of bread; Beth- Lechem, a place in Palestine.">Bethlehem).</a> 8When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/35-16.htm">Genesis 35:16-20</a> Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. / During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.” / And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin. ... <a href="/genesis/49-31.htm">Genesis 49:31</a> There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah. <a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Genesis 33:18-20</a> After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city. / And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. / There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. <a href="/genesis/37-1.htm">Genesis 37:1</a> Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan. <a href="/genesis/50-5.htm">Genesis 50:5</a> my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.” <a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11</a> “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem. <a href="/1_samuel/10-2.htm">1 Samuel 10:2</a> When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’ <a href="/matthew/2-18.htm">Matthew 2:18</a> “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” <a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Jeremiah 31:15</a> This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” <a href="/genesis/23-19.htm">Genesis 23:19</a> After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. <a href="/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19</a> and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz. <a href="/genesis/29-30.htm">Genesis 29:30</a> Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years. <a href="/genesis/30-22.htm">Genesis 30:22-24</a> Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb, / and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said. / She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.” <a href="/genesis/46-19.htm">Genesis 46:19</a> The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. <a href="/genesis/47-29.htm">Genesis 47:29-31</a> When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt, / but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.” / “Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.Padan.<a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Genesis 25:20</a> And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.Rachel.<a href="/genesis/35-9.htm">Genesis 35:9,16-19</a> And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him… <a href="/1_samuel/10-2.htm">1 Samuel 10:2</a> When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?<a href="/matthew/2-18.htm">Matthew 2:18</a> In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.to Ephrath.<a href="/ruth/1-2.htm">Ruth 1:2</a> And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.<a href="/1_samuel/1-1.htm">1 Samuel 1:1</a> Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:<a href="/1_samuel/17-12.htm">1 Samuel 17:12</a> Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/35-19.htm">Bethlehem</a> <a href="/genesis/35-19.htm">Beth-Lehem</a> <a href="/genesis/47-30.htm">Buried</a> <a href="/genesis/47-30.htm">Bury</a> <a href="/genesis/48-3.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/genesis/47-25.htm">Death</a> <a href="/genesis/46-12.htm">Died</a> <a href="/genesis/44-4.htm">Distance</a> <a href="/genesis/45-17.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/genesis/35-19.htm">Ephrath</a> <a href="/genesis/46-1.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/genesis/35-16.htm">Kibrath</a> <a href="/genesis/47-24.htm">Little</a> <a href="/genesis/46-15.htm">Paddan</a> <a href="/genesis/46-25.htm">Rachel</a> <a href="/genesis/47-30.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/genesis/18-10.htm">Returning</a> <a href="/genesis/45-24.htm">Road</a> <a href="/genesis/47-9.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/genesis/46-28.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/19-15.htm">Bethlehem</a> <a href="/joshua/19-15.htm">Beth-Lehem</a> <a href="/genesis/49-31.htm">Buried</a> <a href="/genesis/49-29.htm">Bury</a> <a href="/genesis/49-30.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/genesis/48-21.htm">Death</a> <a href="/genesis/50-16.htm">Died</a> <a href="/exodus/2-4.htm">Distance</a> <a href="/genesis/49-6.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Ephrath</a> <a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-19.htm">Kibrath</a> <a href="/genesis/50-8.htm">Little</a> <a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Paddan</a> <a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Rachel</a> <a href="/genesis/49-9.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-8.htm">Returning</a> <a href="/genesis/49-17.htm">Road</a> <a href="/genesis/50-10.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/genesis/49-17.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 48</div>1. <a href="/genesis/48-1.htm">Joseph with his sons visits his sick father.</a> 2. <a href="/genesis/48-2.htm">Jacob strengthens himself to bless them.</a> 3. <a href="/genesis/48-3.htm">He repeats God's promise.</a> 5. <a href="/genesis/48-5.htm">He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own sons.</a> 7. <a href="/genesis/48-7.htm">He tells Joseph of his mother's grave.</a> 8. <a href="/genesis/48-8.htm">He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh.</a> 17. <a href="/genesis/48-17.htm">He prefers the younger before the elder.</a> 21. <a href="/genesis/48-21.htm">He prophesies their return to Canaan.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/48.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/48.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan Jacob is reflecting on his journey back from Paddan Aram, where he had spent many years working for Laban and building his family. This return marks a significant transition in Jacob's life, as he moves from being a sojourner to settling in the land promised to his forefathers. Paddan Aram is located in the region of Mesopotamia, highlighting the long journey Jacob undertook.to my sorrow Rachel died along the way Rachel's death is a poignant moment in Jacob's life, as she was his beloved wife. Her passing is a reminder of the personal losses and trials that accompany the fulfillment of God's promises. Rachel's death also fulfills the sorrowful prophecy of <a href="/genesis/35-16.htm">Genesis 35:16-19</a>, where she dies during childbirth.in the land of Canaan Canaan is the land promised by God to Abraham and his descendants. Jacob's return to Canaan signifies the continuation of God's covenantal promise. The land holds significant theological importance as the inheritance of the Israelites.some distance from Ephrath Ephrath is an ancient name for Bethlehem, indicating the location where Rachel died. This detail provides geographical context and connects to the broader narrative of Israel's history. The mention of Ephrath also foreshadows its future significance as the birthplace of King David and Jesus Christ.So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” Jacob's decision to bury Rachel by the road signifies the immediacy and urgency of her burial, as well as the deep personal loss he felt. This burial site becomes a landmark, known as Rachel's Tomb, which holds cultural and historical significance for the Jewish people.(that is, Bethlehem). Bethlehem, known as the "House of Bread," is a small town with profound biblical significance. It is the birthplace of King David, establishing its importance in the Davidic line. Bethlehem is also prophesied in <a href="/micah/5-2.htm">Micah 5:2</a> as the birthplace of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, linking Rachel's burial site to the future hope of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob (Israel)</a> The patriarch who is recounting the death of his beloved wife, Rachel, to his son Joseph. He is reflecting on past events as he blesses Joseph's sons. 2. <a href="/topical/r/rachel.htm">Rachel</a> Jacob's favored wife, who died giving birth to Benjamin. Her death is a significant emotional event for Jacob, marking a moment of deep personal loss. 3. <a href="/topical/p/paddan.htm">Paddan</a> Also known as Paddan-aram, this is the region where Jacob lived with Laban and where he married Leah and Rachel. 4. <a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a> The land promised to Abraham and his descendants, where Jacob was journeying back to when Rachel died. 5. <a href="/topical/e/ephrath.htm">Ephrath (Bethlehem)</a> The place near which Rachel was buried. It later becomes significant as the birthplace of King David and Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_loss.htm">The Reality of Loss</a> Jacob's reflection on Rachel's death reminds us that even the faithful experience deep personal loss. It is a part of the human condition, and God is present in our grief. <a href="/topical/s/significance_of_place.htm">Significance of Place</a> Ephrath, later known as Bethlehem, becomes a significant location in biblical history. This teaches us that God can use our places of sorrow for His greater purposes. <a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_memory.htm">Legacy and Memory</a> Jacob's recounting of Rachel's death to Joseph emphasizes the importance of remembering and honoring those who have gone before us. Our memories can shape our identity and faith journey. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_our_journeys.htm">God's Sovereignty in Our Journeys</a> Jacob's journey back to Canaan, despite the sorrow of losing Rachel, is part of God's larger plan for his family. This encourages us to trust God's sovereignty in our life's journey. <a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_grief.htm">Hope Beyond Grief</a> While Jacob mourns Rachel, the location of her burial becomes a place of hope and fulfillment in God's redemptive plan, pointing to the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_48.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 48</a> <a href="/q/why_was_mary_chosen_by_god.htm">What is David's birthplace?</a> <a href="/q/names_and_meanings_of_israel's_tribes.htm">What are the names and meanings of Israel's twelve tribes?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_david's_birthplace.htm">What is David's birthplace?</a> <a href="/q/is_rachel's_death_site_verified_externally.htm">(Genesis 35:16-19) Can Rachel's fatal childbirth and burial location be corroborated by any external evidence or timeline?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/48.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) Rachel died by me.--Heb., died upon me, or as we should say, "died in my arms." The mention of Rachel is to account for an act so authoritative as the bestowal of the double portion of the firstborn upon Joseph. Jacob grounds the justification of his act, not upon her being the chief wife, but upon her untimely death, which prevented her bearing other sons. Even now Leah, if we count Levi, had six tribes, each handmaid two, and Rachel three.The same is Beth-lehem.--A note added subsequently, when the place was famous as the birthplace of David. It would not be called Beth-lehem until corn was cultivated there.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - And as for me (literally, and I, the pronoun being emphatic), when I cams from Padan, - literally, in my coming, i.e. while on my journey, from Padam, or Padan-aram. This is the only place where the shorter designation is employed (cf. <a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Genesis 25:20</a>) - Rachel - the mention to Joseph of his beloved mother could not fail to kindle emotion in his breast, as obviously it had revived a pang of sorrow in that of the old man - " the remembrance of the never-to-be-forgotten one' causing a sudden spasm of feeling" (Delitzsch) - died by me - not for me in the sense of sharing with me my toils and perils, and so bringing on herself the deadly travail which cut her off (Lunge), which is too subtle and metaphysical in its refinement; but either upon me, i.e. as an heavy affliction falling on me (Rosenmüller, Gesenius, Murphy, et alii); or at my side, i.e. near me (Keil, Wordsworth, 'Speaker's Commentary'); or perhaps to me, meaning, This happened to me, or, I saw Rachel die (Kalisch); or possibly with a touch of tender emotion, Rachel to me, i.e. my Rachel died (Tayler Lewis) - in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way - literally, a length of ground; the LXX. add ἱππόδρομος, meaning probably such a distance as a horse can go without being over-worked (vide <a href="/genesis/35-16.htm">Genesis 35:16</a>) - to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. <a href="/commentaries/genesis/48-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Now as for me, וַאֲנִ֣י ׀ (wa·’ă·nî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I when I was returning בְּבֹאִ֣י (bə·ḇō·’î) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go from Paddan, מִפַּדָּ֗ן (mip·pad·dān) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6307.htm">Strong's 6307: </a> Paddan-aram -- the place where Rachel died to my sorrow עָלַ֨י (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against Rachel רָחֵ֜ל (rā·ḥêl) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7354.htm">Strong's 7354: </a> Rachel -- a wife of Jacob died מֵ֩תָה֩ (mê·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> To die, to kill along the way בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ (bad·de·reḵ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action in the land בְּאֶ֤רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Canaan, כְּנַ֙עַן֙ (kə·na·‘an) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3667.htm">Strong's 3667: </a> Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan some distance כִּבְרַת־ (kiḇ·raṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3530.htm">Strong's 3530: </a> Length, a measure from Ephrath. אֶפְרָ֑תָה (’ep̄·rā·ṯāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_672.htm">Strong's 672: </a> Ephrath -- an Israelite woman, also the name of several places in Palestine So I buried וָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָ (wā·’eq·bə·re·hā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6912.htm">Strong's 6912: </a> To inter her there שָּׁם֙ (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither beside the road בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (bə·ḏe·reḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action to Ephrath” אֶפְרָ֔ת (’ep̄·rāṯ) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_672.htm">Strong's 672: </a> Ephrath -- an Israelite woman, also the name of several places in Palestine (that הִ֖וא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are [is], בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> Bethlehem). לָֽחֶם׃ (lā·ḥem) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1035.htm">Strong's 1035: </a> Bethlehem -- 'place of bread', a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/48-7.htm">Genesis 48:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/48-7.htm">Genesis 48:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/48-7.htm">Genesis 48:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/48-7.htm">Genesis 48:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/48-7.htm">Genesis 48:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/48-7.htm">Genesis 48:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/48-7.htm">Genesis 48:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/48-7.htm">Genesis 48:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/48-7.htm">Genesis 48:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/48-7.htm">Genesis 48:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/48-7.htm">OT Law: Genesis 48:7 As for me when I came (Gen. 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