After we have proven at length the two possibilities for Rachel’s burial, we must ask: According to both possibilities, even according to the southern possibility, Rachel was not buried in Bet Lechem! But only on the way.. So apparently Bet Lechem is not important at all?
But we will claim that the way Rachel’s burial is described in the Torah proves that Bet Lechem is indeed important. But the importance of the place is always described throughout the Tanach as a place “on the way”, from which people come and return. We will see later what this means..
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