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E06086: Adomnán, in his On the Holy Places, reports the recent visit of the Franco-Gallic bishop Arculf to the tomb of *Rachel (wife of the Old Testament patriarch Jacob, S00701), between Bethlehem and Hebron (Palestine). Written in Latin at Iona (north-west Britain), possibly 683/689.
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posted on 2018-08-05, 00:00 authored by bsavillAdomnán, On the Holy Places - Book Two
VII. DE SEPULCHRO RACHEL
1. Rachel in Effrata, hoc est in regione Bethlem, et liber Geneseos sepultam narrat sed et Locorum liber in eadem regione iuxta uiam humatam refert Rachel. 2. De qua Arculfus uia mhi percunctanti respondens ait: Est quaedam uia regia quae ab Helia contra meridianam plagam Chebron ducit, cui uiae Bethlem uicina sex milibus distans ab Hierusolima ab orientali paga adheret. 3. Sepulchrum uero Rachel in eiusdem uiae extremitate ab occidentali parte, hoc est in dextro latere, habetur pergentibus Chebron coherens, uili operatione collactum et nullam habens adorationem, de lapidea circumdatum piramide. 4. Ibidem et nominis eius titulus hodique monstratur, quem Iacob maritus eius super illud erexit.
'(7) CONCERNING THE SEPULCHRE OF RACHEL
The book of Genesis states that Rachel was laid to rest in Effrata, that is in the region of Bethlehem, and according to the Liber Locorum also Rachel is buried in this region beside the road. When I asked about this road Arculf said in answer: There is a royal road which leads from Helia southwards to Chebron. Bethlehem, 6 miles distant from Jerusalem, adjoins this road on the eastern side. Now the sepulchre of Rachel is at the end of this road on the western (that is the right-hand) side, close by as one goes to Chebron. It is of crude workmanship, without any adornment, surrounded by a stone coping. The title of her name too, which her husband Jacob erected over it, is pointed out even today.'
Text and translation: Meehan 1958, 78-9, lightly modified.
VII. DE SEPULCHRO RACHEL
1. Rachel in Effrata, hoc est in regione Bethlem, et liber Geneseos sepultam narrat sed et Locorum liber in eadem regione iuxta uiam humatam refert Rachel. 2. De qua Arculfus uia mhi percunctanti respondens ait: Est quaedam uia regia quae ab Helia contra meridianam plagam Chebron ducit, cui uiae Bethlem uicina sex milibus distans ab Hierusolima ab orientali paga adheret. 3. Sepulchrum uero Rachel in eiusdem uiae extremitate ab occidentali parte, hoc est in dextro latere, habetur pergentibus Chebron coherens, uili operatione collactum et nullam habens adorationem, de lapidea circumdatum piramide. 4. Ibidem et nominis eius titulus hodique monstratur, quem Iacob maritus eius super illud erexit.
'(7) CONCERNING THE SEPULCHRE OF RACHEL
The book of Genesis states that Rachel was laid to rest in Effrata, that is in the region of Bethlehem, and according to the Liber Locorum also Rachel is buried in this region beside the road. When I asked about this road Arculf said in answer: There is a royal road which leads from Helia southwards to Chebron. Bethlehem, 6 miles distant from Jerusalem, adjoins this road on the eastern side. Now the sepulchre of Rachel is at the end of this road on the western (that is the right-hand) side, close by as one goes to Chebron. It is of crude workmanship, without any adornment, surrounded by a stone coping. The title of her name too, which her husband Jacob erected over it, is pointed out even today.'
Text and translation: Meehan 1958, 78-9, lightly modified.
History
Evidence ID
E06086Saint Name
Rachel, wife of the Old Testament patriarch Jacob : S00701Saint Name in Source
RachelRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Pilgrim accounts and itinerariesLanguage
- Latin