The Lord Offers Hope
15 Gn 35.16-19;Mt 2.18.In Ramah31.15 In Ramah: Or "In the hills." a voice is heard,
crying and weeping loudly.
Rachel mourns for her children31.15 Rachel … children: Rachel was one of the wives of Jacob, the ancestor of the nation of Israel. She was the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Joseph’s two sons Ephraim and Manasseh were the ancestors of the leading tribes of the northern kingdom of Israel.
and refuses to be comforted,
because they are dead.
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