Ruth 4:11
"And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:"
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- Genesis 29:32
"And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 2:6
"And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel."
Read in chapter → - Micah 5:2
"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 127:3
"Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 25:9
"Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house."
Read in chapter → - Numbers 26:1
"And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,"
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 46:8
"And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 132:6
"Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 14:1
"Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands."
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