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Rachel

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Rachel (râ'chel), an ewe. The daughter of Laban and wife of Jacob. Her history is given in Genesis, chaps. 29-35. She died after giving birth to Benjamin, and was buried near the road from Bethlehem to Jerusalem. Genesis 35:19.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Rachel'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​r/rachel.html. 1893.
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