Gen 35:19, Jos 19:15, Judg 19:1-2, Rut 1:1-2, Mic 5:2, Mat 2:1, 5-6 | ESV | STEP | So Rachel died , and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem ),

x Ezek. 34:23; John 21:15-17; [2 Sam. 5:2; Rev. 7:17]

Genesis 35:19

19 So ^aRachel died, and she was buried on the way to ^bEphrath (that is, Bethlehem),

Joshua 19:15

15 and Kattath, Nahalal, ^cShimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve cities with their villages.

Judges 19:1-2

A Levite and His Concubine

1 In those days, ^dwhen there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of ^ethe hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from ^fBethlehem in Judah. 2 And his concubine was unfaithful to ^{▼▼Septuagint, Old Latin became angry with} him, and she went away from him to her father’s house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there some four months.

Ruth 1:1-2

Naomi Widowed

1 In the days ^hwhen the judges ruled there was ⁱa famine in the land, and a man of ^jBethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 2 The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were ^kEphrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.

Micah 5:2

2 ^{▼▼Ch 5:1 in Hebrew} ^mBut you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of ⁿJudah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ^oruler in Israel,
^pwhose coming forth is ^qfrom of old,
from ancient days.

Matthew 2:1

The Visit of the Wise Men

1 Now ^rafter Jesus was born in ^sBethlehem of Judea ^tin the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men ^{▼▼Greek magi; also verses 7, 16} from ^vthe east came to Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:5-6

5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

6 ^w“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
who will ^xshepherd my people Israel.’”