Rachel

• (Daughter of Laban and the favorite wife of Jacob)
• Meets Jacob at a wellGen 29:9–12
• Jacob serves Laban for an additional seven years to obtain her as his wifeGen 29:15–30
• Sterility ofGen 29:31
• Her grief in consequence of her sterility; gives her maid, to Jacob in order to obtain children in her own nameGen 30:1–8Gen 30:15Gen 30:22–34
• Later productiveness of; becomes the mother of
• JosephGen 30:22–25
• BenjaminGen 35:16–18Gen 35:24
• Steals the household images (teraphim, legal deed) of her fatherGen 31:4Gen 31:14–19Gen 31:33–35
• Her death and burialGen 35:18–20Gen 48:71Sa 10:2

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