Jacob gave his children specific instructions to bury him in the family buringplace, the cave in the field of Machpelah, which Abraham purchased when Sarah died (Gen 23).  Afterwards, the Bible says that he “yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people,” (v. 33).  The gathering unto his...

  We will discuss three things in this passage:   The word used to describe Rachel’s condition before childbirth; The custom of erecting a pillar to mark her grave; and The departure of her soul at death.     Labour   Before Benjamin was born, the Bible says that Rachel...