Topic
Ephratah, or Ephrath
7 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 35:16Smith
¶ And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
- Genesis 35:19Smith
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
- Genesis 48:7Smith
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 Beth-lehem.
- 1 Chronicles 2:19Smith
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
- 1 Chronicles 2:24Smith
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
- 1 Chronicles 2:50Smith
¶ These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
- 1 Chronicles 4:4Smith
And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 7 references
- Second wife of Caleb the son of Hezron, mother of Hur and grandmother of Caleb the spy, according to (1 Chronicles 2:19,50) and probably 1Chr 2:24 and 1Chr 4:4 (B.C. 1695.)
- The ancient name of Bethlehem-judah. (Genesis 35:16,19; 48:7)
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.