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19 Thus Rachel died; and she was buried on the road to Ephrath (now Bethlehem).[a](A) 20 Jacob set up a sacred pillar on her grave, and the same pillar marks Rachel’s grave to this day.

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  1. 35:19 Bethlehem: the gloss comes from a later tradition that identified the site with Bethlehem, also called Ephrath or Ephratha (Jos 15:59; Ru 4:11; Mi 5:1). But Rachel’s grave was actually near Ramah (Jer 31:15), a few miles north of Jerusalem, in the territory of Benjamin (1 Sm 10:2).