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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And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).
And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath. And I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah, Hezron's wife bore for him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
These were the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.