¹⁹ So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem^(A)).

⁷ When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way,^(A) some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

¹⁵ along with Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve cities, with their settlements.

¹⁰ and when he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.

⁷ There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who was staying within the clan of Judah.^{(A) 8} The man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. On his way he came to Micah’s home in the hill country of Ephraim.

⁹ “Where do you come from?” Micah asked him.

He answered him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I’m going to stay wherever I can find a place.”