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Rachel

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Hebrew: a ewe)

Laban's younger daughter and favorite wife of Jacob (Genesis 29-31). Mother of Joseph and Benjamin (Genesis 30-35), she died giving birth to the latter and was buried near Bethlehem.

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Entry for 'Rachel'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​r/rachel.html. 1910.
 
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