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Genesis 48:7

in Genesis 48

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).

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

KJV

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.

This verse in Genesis 48

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan

Jacob explains the adoption by going back to the road where Rachel died. She bore him two sons, and taking Joseph's two as his own turns her line into three tribes. The verse names the burial place beside the road to Ephrath, which the writer marks as Bethlehem.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Mention is made of the death and burial of Rachel, Joseph's mother, and Jacob's best beloved wife. The removal of dear relations from us is an affliction, the remembrance of which cannot but abide with us a great while.
And as for me, when I came from Padan,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The blessing with which Jacob blessed the two sons of Joseph, which is the more remarkable because the apostle makes such particular mention of it ( Heb. xi. 21 ), while he says nothing of the blessing which Jacob pronounced on the rest of his sons, though that also was done in faith.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Rachel died by me, etc. - Rachel was the wife of Jacob’s 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 man’s own making when guided by reason and religion, will necessarily be a happy one.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַאֲנִ֣י׀and I

    vaaniH589 →874 times

  • בְּבֹאִ֣יwhen came I

    bevoiH935 →2568 times

  • מִפַּדָּ֗ןfrom Paddan

    mipadanH6307 →11 times

  • מֵ֩תָה֩she died

    metahH4191 →839 times

  • עָלַ֨יon me

    ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times

  • רָחֵ֜לRachel

    rachelH7354 →47 times

  • בְּאֶ֤רֶץin [the] land of

    beeretzH776 →2504 times

  • כְּנַ֙עַן֙Canaan

    kenaanH3667 →94 times

  • בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְon the journey

    baderekhH1870 →707 times

  • בְּע֥וֹדat yet

    beodH5750 →490 times

  • כִּבְרַת־a distance of

    kivrat-H3530 →

  • אֶ֖רֶץland

    ʾeretzH776 →2504 times

  • לָבֹ֣אto go

    lavo'H935 →2568 times

  • אֶפְרָ֑תָהEphrathah

    ʾefratahH672 →10 times

  • וָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָand I buried her

    vaekberehaH6912 →133 times

  • שָּׁם֙there

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • בְּדֶ֣רֶךְon [the] journey of

    bederekhH1870 →707 times

  • אֶפְרָ֔תEphrath

    ʾefratH672 →10 times

  • הִ֖ואthat

    hi'H1931 →1879 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[is] Beth-

    beitH1035 →82 times

  • לָֽחֶם׃-lehem

    lachemH1035 →82 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 2:18

    “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 31:15

      This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

    • Jeremiah 9:17–21

      This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.

    • Jeremiah 4:31

      For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to…

  • Through

    Micah 5:2

    But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days…

    it leads to

    • Matthew 2:6

      ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people…

    • John 7:42

      Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

    • Luke 1:31–33

      Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.

    • Isaiah 9:6–7

      For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…

    • Isaiah 11:1

      Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.