Rachel in the Bible

Meaning: sheep

Exact Match

And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

Those Who Kept Stock

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.

RollingPossessing Sheep

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.

Running With NewsRelatives

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

Two WomenFather And Daughter Relationships

And it came to pass, that in the morning, 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?

MorningWhat Do You Do?Those Who Deceived

Finish the week [of the wedding feast] for Leah; then we will give you Rachel also, and in return you shall work for me for seven more years.”

NegotiationWeeksSeven YearsServing IndividualsGiving In MarriageMan's Work FinishedWaiting Till Marriage

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?

Barren WomenReasons For BarrennessMen As GodsNamed People Angry With Others

Rachel responded, "Here's my handmaid Bilhah. Go have sex with her. She can bear children on my knees so I can have children through her."

KneelingMaidsMarital SexKneesMarital Sex Between

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.

God VindicatesGod Paid Attention To MePeople With Apt Namesvindication

And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

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

People OvercomingWrestlingPeople With Apt Names

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.

Wheat

And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken 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.

Marital SexMarital Sex BetweenTaking Other PeopleUnimportant Things

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

Returning to their landPeople Sending People

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

Not Sharing

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him 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.

Approval To KillRobbing GodsIn Men's Presence

And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

TentsNot Finding

Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

Household GodsPeople Sitting DownSeeking For Concrete ThingsNot Findinghidingstatues

So Rachel said to her father, “Do not be displeased, my lord, that I cannot rise before you, for the manner of women is on me and I am unwell.” He searched [further] but did not find the household idols.

MenstruationBleedingSeeking For Concrete ThingsNot FindingNot Able To Get Upwomanhood

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.

Four To Five HundredFour And Five HundredSeeing PeopleFamily Conflict

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

PartialityOrder Of MarchLast OnesIn Front

And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

Weights And Measures, DistancesHard Tasks

And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

ObelisksPlaces To This Day

Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife [Rachel] bore me [only] two sons.

Two Sons

These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

Fourteen

These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

Seven People

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 Bethlehem.

Bereavement, Experience OfUnhappiness

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:

BethlehemBuildersLike Good PeopleGetting Rich

When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre 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 the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

CareFinding ThingsTwo Other Men

And to those in Rachel, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,

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