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 bless Rebekah, and say to her, 'Thou art our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and thy seed doth possess the gate of those hating it.'
Psalm 127:3
Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah are sons, A reward is the fruit of the womb.
Psalm 128:3
Thy wife is as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.
Build
Deuteronomy 25:9
'Then hath his brother's wife drawn nigh unto him, before the eyes of the elders, and drawn his shoe from off his foot, and spat in his face, and answered and said, Thus it is done to the man who doth not build up the house of his brother;
Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.
Ephratah
Ruth 1:2
And the name of the man is Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites from Beth-Lehem-Judah; and they come into the fields of Moab, and are there.
Genesis 35:16
And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing;
Psalm 132:6
'Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.
Micah 5:2
And thou, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From thee to Me he cometh forth -- to be ruler in Israel, And his comings forth are of old, From the days of antiquity.
Matthew 2:6
And thou, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, thou art by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of thee shall come one leading, who shall feed My people Israel.'
General references
Job 29:7
When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
Matthew 2:5
And they said to him, 'In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,