Place
Ephrath
Named in 3 verses, first in Genesis 35:16.
The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Bethlehem.
In the Bible
All 3 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Genesis
- Genesis 35:16
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.
- Genesis 35:19
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
- Genesis 48:7
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).
Events here
Events the dataset sets at Ephrath. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 1739 BCRachel dies giving birth to Benjamin