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    Rahel

    rah-HEL

    Meaning

    Ewe lamb; Tender

    Hebrew origin · Girl · First in Genesis

    What it points to

    Rahel's weeping was met with God's promise of restoration. Her tears remind us that grief is not the end of the story — God rewards faithful love and promises that what was lost shall return.

    Verses · King James Version

    “A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.”

    Jeremiah 31:15

    “Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.”

    Jeremiah 31:16-17

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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