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

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

a little way to come.

2 Kings 5:19 And he said to him: Go in peace. So he departed from him, in the spring time of the earth.

Ephrath.

Genesis 48:7 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.

Ruth 1:2 He was named Elimelech, and his wife Noemi: and his two sons, the one Mahalon, and the other Chelion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Juda. And entering into the country of Moab, they abode there.

1 Chronicles 2:19 And when Azuba was dead, Caleb took to wife Ephrata: who bore him Hur.

Psalm 132:6 Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the fields of the wood.

Micah 5:2 Now shalt thou be laid waste, O daughter of the robber: they have laid siege against us, with a rod shall they strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.

Matthew 2:1,16,18 When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, . . .

hard labour.

Genesis 3:16 To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion over thee.

1 Timothy 2:15 Yet she shall be saved through child bearing; if she continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.