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 Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).
And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
These were the sons of Caleb, the son 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 Beth-lehem.