From Nave’s Topical Bible
Rachel
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 14Passages listed
- 2Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- (Daughter of Laban and the favorite wife of Jacob)
- Meets Jacob at a wellGenesis 29:9–12
- Jacob serves Laban for an additional seven years to obtain her as his wifeGenesis 29:15–30
- Sterility ofGenesis 29:31
- Her grief in consequence of her sterility; gives her maid, to Jacob in order to obtain children in her own nameGenesis 30:1–8Genesis 30:15Genesis 30:22–34
- Later productiveness of; becomes the mother of
- JosephGenesis 30:22–25
- BenjaminGenesis 35:16–18Genesis 35:24
- Steals the household images (teraphim, legal deed) of her fatherGenesis 31:4Genesis 31:14–19Genesis 31:33–35
- Her death and burialGenesis 35:18–20Genesis 48:71 Samuel 10:2
The passages, in Bible order (14)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 14 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 29:9–12
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
Commentary on Genesis 29:9–122 voices
And while he yet spake with them,.... While Jacob was thus discoursing with the shepherds: Rachel came with her father's sheep; to water them at the well.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Rachel came with her fathers sheep - So we find that young women were not kept concealed in the house till the time they were married, which is the common gloss put on עלמה almah, a virgin, one concealed. Nor was it beneath the dignity of the daughters of the most opulent chiefs to carry water from the well, as in the case of Rebekah; or tend sheep, as in the case of Rachel.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 29:15–30
Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
Commentary on Genesis 29:15–302 voices
And Laban said unto Jacob, because thou art my brother,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Because thou art my brother, etc. - Though thou art my nearest relative, yet I have no right to thy services without giving thee an adequate recompense. Jacob had passed a whole month in the family of Laban, in which he had undoubtedly rendered himself of considerable service. As Laban, who was of a very saving if not covetous disposition, saw that he was to be of great use to him in his secular concerns, he wished to secure his services, and therefore asks him what wages he wished to have.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 29:31
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Commentary on Genesis 29:312 voices
And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The Lord saw that Leah was hated - From this and the preceding verse we get the genuine meaning of the word שנא sane, to hate, in certain disputed places in the Scriptures.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 30:1–8
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
Commentary on Genesis 30:1–82 voices
Leah bore Reu-ben, Simeon, Levi and Judah and then ceased giving birth, whereas Rachel was barren. Because she heard Jacob say that Abraham had prayed over the barren Sarah and was heard and that Isaac had also prayed for Rebekah and was answered, she thought …
Ephrem the Syrian· COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 28.1.1, 373Patristic
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 30:15
But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
Commentary on Genesis 30:152 voices
Thou hast taken my husband - It appears probable that Rachel had found means to engross the whole of Jacobs affection and company, and that she now agreed to let him visit the tent of Leah, on account of receiving some of the fruits or plants which Reuben had found.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
And she said unto her,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 30:22–34
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
Commentary on Genesis 30:22–342 voices
And God remembered Rachel,.... In a way of mercy and kindness, whom he seemed to have forgotten, by not giving her children: and God hearkened to her; to her prayer, which had been made time after time, that she might have children; but hitherto God had delayed to answer, but now gives one: and opened her womb; gave her conception, and made her fruitful, and she became the mother of a child she so much desired.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
And God hearkened to her - After the severe reproof which Rachel had received from her husband, Gen 30:2, it appears that she sought God by prayer, and that he heard her; so that her prayer and faith obtained what her impatience and unbelief had prevented.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 31:4
So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,
Commentary on Genesis 31:42 voices
Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah - He had probably been at some considerable distance with the flocks; and for the greater secrecy, he rather sends for them to the field, to consult them on this most momentous affair, than visit them in their tents, where probably some of the family of Laban might overhear their conversation, though Laban himself was at the time three days journey off.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
And Jacob sent,.... Having this encouragement and direction from the Lord, which seems to have been given him in the field, while he was attending his flocks, he dispatched a messenger home to his wives, one of his servants or under shepherds.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 31:14–19
And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?
Commentary on Genesis 31:14–191 voice
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him,.... One after another, and their answers agreeing, are put together; it may be Rachel answered in the name of Leah, and for herself, since she is mentioned first, and the verb is singular.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 31:33–35
So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
Commentary on Genesis 31:33–352 voices
But this pertains to the moral sense, whereas the mystical sense is that Laban, whose name means "lie that has been purified"—and even Satan transfigures himself into an angel of light—came to Jacob and began to demand his possessions from him. Jacob answered him, "Identify whatever of yours I may have," that is, "I have nothing of yours. See if you recognize any of your vices and crimes. I have not carried off with me any of your deceits, and I have no share in your guile; all that is yours I have shunned as a contagion."
Ambrose of Milan· On Jacob and the Blessed Life, 397Patristic
And Laban went into Jacob's tent,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 35:16–18
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.
Commentary on Genesis 35:16–182 voices
(Verse 16.)
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
And they journeyed from Bethel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 35:18–20
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
Commentary on Genesis 35:18–202 voices
(Verse 18.) And it came to pass, when her soul departed, for she died, that he called her name, 'The Son of my Sorrow'; but his father called his name Benjamin. In Hebrew, the similarity of the name is echoed; for the son of my sorrow, which the dying mother gave him as a name, is called Benoni (). However, the son of the right hand, that is, of strength, which Jacob changed, is called Benjamin. Hence, those who think Benjamin () is interpreted as 'Son of Days' are mistaken.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, for she died,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 35:24
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Commentary on Genesis 35:241 voice
The sons of Rachel,.... Then Rachel's, Jacob's next wife, though in right his first and only one, who had two children, Joseph and Benjamin.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 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).
Commentary on Genesis 48:72 voices
Rachel died by me, etc. - Rachel was the wife of Jacobs choice, and the object of his unvarying affection; he loved her in life - he loves her in death: many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. A match of a mans own making when guided by reason and religion, will necessarily be a happy one.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
And as for me, when I came from Padan,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Samuel 10:2
When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
Commentary on 1 Samuel 10:22 voices
4. For it is as if He says to the humble shepherd, trembling at so great a ministry: You tremble for this reason, because you do not know whether what has been done concerning you is from God; but because you can know this, you ought not to tremble. Therefore this shall be a sign to you that not man, but God has anointed you as ruler: namely, those two men will say to you: The donkeys which you went to seek have been found.
Gregory the Dialogist· Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 5, 604Patristic
When thou art departed from me today,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed