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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(ewe).
Daughter
of
Laban
, wife of
Jacob
, and
mother
of
Joseph
and
Benjamin
(Gen. 29-35).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The beautiful
daughter
of
Laban
, for whom
Jacob
served
seven
years, which seemed to him but a few days, because of his great love for her. When the
time
was expired Jacob was cheated by Laban, and
Leah
was given him instead. He served another seven years for Rachel. She was at first childless, and foolishly said to Jacob, “Give me
children
, or else I die”; for which she was duly rebuked by her
husband
. Apparently she prayed to
God
, for we read that He “hearkened” to her: she bore
Joseph
and then
Benjamin
, at whose birth she died. Jacob set up a
pillar
at her
grave
.
It was Rachel who stole the
household
gods
of her
father
, and then with cunning concealed them. Otherwise we read nothing of her character: at home she had evidently been in a bad school. Her history is given in Genesis 29-35. In the
New
Testament
she is represented as weeping for her children when Herod slew the young children (
Matt. 2:17-18
17
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
18
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. (Matthew 2:17‑18)
), a fulfillment of that spoken in
Jeremiah 31:15
15
Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. (Jeremiah 31:15)
(where she is called
RAHEL
), though the circumstances in the two cases were different. A
mother
in
Israel
weeping for the loss of her children applies to both.
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
a ewe
Call: 1-630-543-1441
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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