Rachel
daughter of Laban (GEN 29:10) and wife of Jacob (GEN 29:28)
Personfemale45 verses
Names
- Rachel — רָחֵל rachel “ewe” (H7354) · Ραχηλ Raxēl — Genesis 29:6
Family
- mother of Joseph (eleventh-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
- mother of Benjamin (twelfth-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
Associations
- lady of Bilhah (inferred)
Dated events
- Death of Rachel* — 2,275 AH · 1,687 BC — Genesis 35:18
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Place of death
- Bethlehem 1 — Death of Rachel* (Genesis 35:19)
Named together
Appearances
Topical references
- Meets Jacob at a well — Genesis 29:9
- Jacob serves Laban for an additional seven years to obtain her as his wife — Genesis 29:15
- Sterility of — Genesis 29:31
- Her grief in consequence of her sterility; gives her maid, to Jacob in order to obtain children in her own name — Genesis 30:1; Genesis 30:15; Genesis 30:22
- Joseph — Genesis 30:22
- Benjamin — Genesis 35:16; Genesis 35:24
- Steals the household images (teraphim, legal deed) of her father — Genesis 31:4; Genesis 31:14; Genesis 31:33
- Her death and burial — Genesis 35:18; Genesis 48:7; 1 Samuel 10:2
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.