Rachel

At that time Laban was gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole away her father's idols.

But, whereas, thou chargest me with theft: with whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, let him be slain before our brethren. Search, and if thou find any of thy things with me, take them away. Now when he said this, he knew not that Rachel had stolen the idols.

So Laban went into the tent of Jacob, and of Lia, and of both the handmaids, and found them not. And when he was entered into Rachel's tent,

She, in haste, hid the idols under the camel's furniture, and sat upon them: and when he had searched all the tent, and found nothing,

And Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming, and with him four hundred men: and he divided the children of Lia and of Rachel, and of the two handmaids.

And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last.

Lia also, with her children, came near and bowed down in like manner; and last of all, Joseph and Rachel bowed down.

And going forth from thence, he came in the spring time to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail,

So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem.

And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre: this is the pillar of Rachel's monument, to this day.

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

The sons of Bala, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Nephthali.

The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob: all the souls, fourteen.

These are the sons of Bala, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls, seven.

For, when I came out of Mesopotamia, Rachel died from me in the land of Chanaan in the very journey, and it was spring time: and I was going to Ephrata, and I buried her near the way of Ephrata, which by another name is called Bethlehem.

Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients, answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem:

When thou shalt depart from me this day, thou shalt find two men by the sepulchre of Rachel in the borders of Benjamin to the south, and they shall say to thee: The asses are found which thou wentest to seek: and thy father, thinking no more of the asses, is concerned for you, and saith: What shall I do for my son?

Thus saith the Lord: A voice was heard on high of lamentation, of mourning, and weeping, of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted for them, because they are not.

A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.