<P> Rachel (רָחֵל ‬; meaning ewe) was a Biblical figure best known for her infertility . The site revered as her burial place (Rachel's Tomb) is one of the holiest sites in Judaism . Rachel was the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel . Rachel's father was Laban . Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife . Her aunt Rebekah was Jacob's mother . </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, making Jacob her first cousin . Jacob had traveled a great distance to find Laban . Rebekah had sent him there to be safe from his furious twin brother, Esau . </P> <P> During Jacob's stay, he fell in love with Rachel and agreed to work seven years for Laban in return for her hand in marriage . On the night of the wedding, the bride was veiled and Jacob did not notice that Leah, Rachel's older sister, had been substituted for Rachel . Whereas "Rachel was lovely in form and beautiful", "Leah had tender eyes". Later Jacob confronted Laban, who excused his own deception by insisting that the older sister should marry first . He assured Jacob that after his wedding week was finished, he could take Rachel as a wife as well, and work another seven years as payment for her . When God "saw that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb" (Gen 29: 31), and she gave birth to four sons . </P> <P> Rachel, like Sarah and Rebecca, remained unable to conceive . According to Tikva Frymer - Kensky, "The infertility of the matriarchs has two effects: it heightens the drama of the birth of the eventual son, marking Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph as special; and it emphasizes that pregnancy is an act of God ." </P>

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