Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionAnd they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
F.O.G.Secondary
The F.O.GThey set out from Beit-El, and when there was still a stretch of land before coming to Efratah, Rachel went into labour — and her travail was hard.
F.O.G.M.
F.O.G MessageThey moved on from Bethel, and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor — and it was a brutal delivery.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleLater, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
Footnotes
כִּבְרַת-הָאָרֶץ (kivrat ha-aretz) — an archaic distance formula of uncertain measure, appearing only a handful of times in the Hebrew Bible. It denotes a meaningful but indeterminate stretch — near enough to feel the cruelty of the timing, far enough that Rachel will not survive. Both versions render it as approximate distance, preserving the narrative tension.
