רָחֵל Rachel

And he said unto them: ‘Is it well with him?’ And they said: ‘It is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.’

While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she tended them.

And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son; and she ran and told her father.

Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

And Leah’s eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look upon.

And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said: ‘I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.’

And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said: ‘I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.’

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah; and he said to Laban: ‘What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?’

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob: ‘Give me children, or else I die.’

And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob: ‘Give me children, or else I die.’

And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said: ‘Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?’

And Rachel said: ‘God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son.’ Therefore called she his name Dan.

And Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

And Rachel said: ‘With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed.’ And she called his name Naphtali.

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah: ‘Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.’

And she said unto her: ‘Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also?’ And Rachel said: ‘Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son’s mandrakes.’

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban: ‘Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him: ‘Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live; before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.’—For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.—

And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.

Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the saddle of the camel, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed down; and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed down.

And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath—the same is Beth-lehem.

And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Naphtali;

The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the souls were fourteen.

These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob; all the souls were seven.

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.’

When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by the tomb of Rachel, 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 off caring for the asses, and is anxious concerning you, saying: What shall I do for my son?

Thus saith the LORD: A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; She refuseth to be comforted for her children, Because they are not.

And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said: ‘We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily in Ephrath, and be famous in Beth-lehem;