Joshua 7:17

7:17 He then made the clans of Judah approach and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach and Zabdi ¹  was selected. ² 

Joshua 15:34

15:34 Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,

Jeremiah 31:15

31:15 The Lord says,

“A sound is heard in Ramah, ³ 

a sound of crying in bitter grief.

It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children

and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone.” ⁴ 

Matthew 27:57

Jesus’ Burial

27:57 Now ⁵  when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. ⁶ 

[7:17]  ¹ tn See the note on “Zabdi” in 1 Chr 7:1.

[7:17]  ² tn Heb “and he selected Zabdi.” The Lord is the apparent subject. The LXX supports reading a passive (Niphal) form here, as does the immediate context.

[31:15]  ³ sn Ramah is a town in Benjamin approximately five miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem. It was on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem. Traditionally, Rachel’s tomb was located near there at a place called Zelzah (1 Sam 10:2). Rachel was the mother of Joseph and Benjamin and was very concerned about having children because she was barren (Gen 30:1-2) and went to great lengths to have them (Gen 30:3, 14-15, 22-24). She was the grandmother of Ephraim and Manasseh which were two of the major tribes in northern Israel. Here Rachel is viewed metaphorically as weeping for her “children,” the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, who had been carried away into captivity in 722 b.c.

[31:15]  ⁴ tn Or “gone into exile” (cf. v. 16), though some English versions take this as meaning “dead” (e.g., NCV, CEV, NLT), presumably in light of Matt 2:18.

[27:57]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[27:57]  ⁶ sn Though some dispute that Joseph of Arimathea was a disciple of Jesus, his actions regarding Jesus’ burial suggest otherwise.