The burial of Rachel (genesis, Jerusalem, Jacob, advent)

[Bright-ness' Shadow]

Where was the wife of Jacob buried?

[Scuba Pete]

Genesis 48:7 As I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem).

[jewscout]

Yeah what NetDoc said...

[Scuba Pete]

Unfortunately for some of our members, I did not translate this from the original text.

[Bright-ness' Shadow]

Originally Posted by NetDoc

Genesis 48:7 As I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem).

That's the territory of Judah, is it not? I understood that she was buried in the territory of Benjamin, ruled by Saul.

A passage in Jeremias (xxxi, 15) would seem to indicate that it was on the northern border of Benjamin towards Ephraim, about ten miles north of Jerusalem.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12630a.htm

David, I believe, ruled Bethlehem.

[Bright-ness' Shadow]

Additionally 1 Samuel 10:2 places Rachel's burial in the same place as Jeremias (xxxi, 15) - "on the northern border of Benjamin towards Ephraim, about ten miles north of Jerusalem." and not as stated in Genesis 35:19 and Genesis 48:7

[Jayhawker Soule]

Perhaps plate tektonics? Oh, I forgot; biblicists don't believe in plate tektonics.

[Bright-ness' Shadow]

Originally Posted by Deut. 32.8

Perhaps plate tektonics? Oh, I forgot; biblicists don't believe in plate tektonics.

But that would be a neat harmonization