Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca as wife, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, out of Syrian Mesopotamia, sister of Laban the Syrian.

And God appeared to Jacob once more in Luz, when he came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and God blessed him.

(And Jacob journeyed from Bethel, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader,) and it came to pass when he drew near to Habratha, to enter into Ephratha, Rachel labored [in childbirth]; and she had hard labor.

And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin.

As soon as you have departed from me this day, you shall find two men by the burial place of Rachel on the mount of Benjamin, exulting greatly. And they shall say to you, The donkeys which you went to look for have been found; and behold, your father has given up the matter of the donkeys, and he is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

"A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."

And the man's name [was] Elimelech, and his wife's name [was] Naomi, and the names of his two sons [were] Mahlon and Chilion- Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah. And they came to the land of Moab, and remained there.

There was a man of Ramathaim Zophim, of Mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, a son of Jeroham, the son of Elias, the son of Tohu, in Nasib Ephraim.

[This translation omits this verse.]

And you, Bethlehem, house of Ephratha, are few in number to be reckoned among the thousands of Judah; yet out of you shall one come forth to Me, to be a ruler of Israel; and His goings forth were from the beginning, even from eternity.