Ruth 4:11
And all of the people who [were] at the gate and the elders said, "[We are] witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman coming into your house as Rachel and as Leah, who {together} built the house of Israel. May you have strength in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem.
Deuteronomy 25:9
[then] his sister-in-law shall go near him before the eyes of the elders, and she shall pull off his sandal from his foot, and she shall spit in his face, and she shall {declare} and she shall say, 'This is how it is done to the man who does not build the house of his brother.'
Genesis 29:32-24
Then Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because Yahweh has noticed my misery, that I [am] unloved. Now my husband will love me."
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "You [are] our sister; may you become countless thousands; and may your offspring take possession of the gate of his enemies."
Genesis 35:16-20
Then they journeyed from Bethel. And {when they were still some distance} from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor. And she had hard labor.
Genesis 46:8-27
Now these [are] the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob
Numbers 26:1-65
And it happened after the plague, Yahweh said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying,
Ruth 1:2
And the name of the man [was] Elimelech, and the name of his wife [was] Naomi, and the name of his two sons [were] Mahlon and Kilion. [They were] Ephraimites from Bethlehem [in] Judah. And they went [to] the countryside of Moab and remained there.
Psalm 127:3-5
Look, children [are] the heritage of Yahweh; the fruit of the womb [is] a reward.
Psalm 128:3-6
Your wife [will be] like a fruitful vine {within} your house. Your children [will be] like olive shoots about your table.
Psalm 132:6
Look, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found her in the fields of Jaar.
Proverbs 14:1
The {wisest of women} builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.
Micah 5:2
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, [too] small to be among the clans of Judah, from you one will go out for me, to be ruler in Israel; and his origins [are] from of old, from ancient days.
Matthew 2:6
'And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for from you will go out a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"