Genesis 35:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

In the way to Ephrath; not in the city, though that was near; for in ancient times their sepulchres were not in the places of resort, but in separated places, and out of cities. See Matthew 27:60 Luke 7:12.

Genesis 35:19

19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.