Reference: Ephratah, or Ephrath
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Eph'ratah, or Eph'rath
(fruitful).
1. Second wife of Caleb the son of Hezron, mother of Hur and grandmother of Caleb the spy, according to
and probably 1Chr 2:24 and 1Chr 4:4 (B.C. 1695.)
2. The ancient name of Bethlehem-judah.
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They set out from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way, some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath," (that is, Bethlehem).
After Hezron's death in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
These were Caleb's descendants. The sons of Hur, Ephrathah's firstborn: Shobal fathered Kiriath-jearim;
Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, Ephrathah's firstborn and the father of Bethlehem: