Ephrath
Town · today Bethlehem
Location well established About 8 km (5 miles, 45 furlongs) south of Jerusalem
Named in 3 Verses
- Genesis 35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
- Genesis 35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
- Genesis 48:7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.
