Kejadian 35:19

35:19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). ¹ 

Kejadian 35:1

The Return to Bethel

35:1 Then God said to Jacob, “Go up at once ²  to Bethel ³  and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” ⁴ 

1 Samuel 16:18

16:18 One of his attendants replied, ⁵  “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem ⁶  who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior ⁷  and is articulate ⁸  and handsome, ⁹  for the Lord is with him.”

[35:19]  ¹ sn This explanatory note links the earlier name Ephrath with the later name Bethlehem.

[35:19]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[35:1]  ² tn Heb “arise, go up.” The first imperative gives the command a sense of urgency.

[35:1]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[35:1]  ⁴ sn God is calling on Jacob to fulfill his vow he made when he fled from…Esau (see Gen 28:20-22).

[16:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[16:18]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “mighty man of valor and a man of war.”

[16:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “discerning of word.”

[16:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “a man of form.”