Genesis 35:19

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¹⁹So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath^(A) (that is, Bethlehem^(B)).

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Genesis 48:7

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⁷As I was returning from Paddan,^[a]^(A) to my sorrow^(B) Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).^(C)

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Genesis 48:7 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

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Ruth 4:11

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¹¹Then the elders and all the people at the gate^(A) said, “We are witnesses.^(B) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,^(C) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah^(D) and be famous in Bethlehem.^(E)

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Micah 5:2

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²“But you, Bethlehem^(A) Ephrathah,^(B)
    though you are small among the clans^[a] of Judah,
out of you will come for me
    one who will be ruler^(C) over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,^(D)
    from ancient times.”^(E)