Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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 thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
The lord
Ephratah
General references
Bible References
The lord
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, be the mother of thousands of millions, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them.
Psalm 127:3
Lo, children are the inheritance of Jehovah; the fruit of the womb is a reward.
Psalm 128:3
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your sons shall be like olive plants around your table.
Build
Deuteronomy 25:9
then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of his elders, and take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done to that man who will not build up his brother's house.
Proverbs 14:1
A wise woman builds her house, but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.
Ephratah
Ruth 1:2
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judah. And they came to the fields of Moab and stayed there.
Genesis 35:16
And they moved from Bethel. And there was only a length of land to come to Ephrath. And Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor in her bearing.
Psalm 132:6
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah; we found it in the fields of the wood.
Micah 5:2
And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you being least among the thousands of Judah, out of you He shall come forth to Me, to become Ruler in Israel, He whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity.
Matthew 2:6
"And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the governors of Judah. For out of you shall come a Governor who shall rule My people Israel."
General references
Job 29:7
when I went out to the gate by the city; when I prepared my seat in the street!
Matthew 2:5
And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea. For so it is written by the prophet,