Rachel
WordNet
noun
(1) (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin
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Proper noun
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- And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
- 1979 Doris Lessing, Shikasta, Knopf, 1979, ISBN 0394507321, page 293
- She keeps saying, You are mistaken Rachel. She says my name in that heavy earnest way. The Jewish Ra-chel. I like my name like that. I have always been pleased when people said Ra-chel. But when she says it, it is as if she was taking me over. Through my name.
Proper noun
- Rachel.
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Proper noun
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