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Rachel (Hebrew: רחל, Stanard Raḥel Tiberian Rāḫēl, Rāḥēl ; also spelled Rachael, meaning "lamb of god", or possibly "innocence and gentility of a rose" or "lovely") is the second and favorite wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin, first mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. She was the daughter of Laban and the younger sister of Leah, Jacob's first wife. Jacob was her first cousin, as Jacob's mother Rebecca was Laban's sister.

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  • Of the Monica, the Rachel or the Phoebe, the rescue ship at the tale's end
  • In Genesis Leah is described as "tender eyed" & this sister as "beautiful and well favored"
  • Ward,Weisz &"My Cousin"
  • Not to belabor the fact, but this wife of Jacob died after giving birth to Benjamin
  • "____ Getting Married"
  • In Genesis 29:11 "Jacob kissed" this formerly infertile mother of Joseph "and wept"
  • In the Bible a rare instance of a man kissing a woman is when Jacob kissed her "and wept"
  • Jacob could've sung "I'll Be There For You" when she gave birth to Joseph in Genesis 30
  • Jacob built a pillar upon this woman's grave near Bethlehem

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