<Tr> <Th> Major shrine </Th> <Td> Rachel's Tomb </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Feast </Th> <Td> Roman Catholicism: 1 November Orthodox Church: Sunday before Christmas </Td> </Tr> <P> Rachel (רָחֵל ‬) was the favorite of Biblical patriarch Jacob's two wives as well as the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel . The name "Rachel" means ewe . Rachel was the daughter of Laban and the younger sister of Leah, Jacob's first wife . Rachel was a niece of Rebekah (Jacob's mother), Laban being Rebekah's brother, making Jacob her first cousin . </P> <P> Rachel is first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Genesis 29 when Jacob happens upon her as she is about to water her father's flock . She was the second daughter of Laban, Rebekah's brother . Jacob had traveled a great distance to find Laban . Rebekah had sent him there to be safe from his furious twin brother, Esau . </P>

How many sons did jacob have with rachel