Rachel
10 references
- (Daughter of Laban and the favorite wife of Jacob)
- Meets Jacob at a well Gen. 29:9-12
- Jacob serves Laban for an additional seven years to obtain her as his wife Gen. 29:15-30
- Sterility of Gen. 29:31
- Her grief in consequence of her sterility; gives her maid, to Jacob in order to obtain children in her own name Gen. 30:1-8,15,22-34
- Later productiveness of; becomes the mother of
- Joseph Gen. 30:22-25
- Benjamin Gen. 35:16-18,24
- Steals the household images (teraphim, legal deed) of her father Gen. 31:4,14-19,33-35
- Her death and burial Gen. 35:18-20; 48:7; 1 Sam. 10:2
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.