Rachel's Tomb is a site revered as the burial place of the Biblical matriarch Rachel. The site is also referred to as the Bilal bin Rabah mosque. The tomb is held in esteem by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The tomb, located at the northern entrance to the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, next to the Rachel's Tomb checkpoint, is built in the style of a traditional maqam, Arabic for shrine.
Image: בית לחם קבר רחל JNF016063
Image: Rachels tomb from nen side
Modern layout of Rachel's Tomb, showing the historical layers of the building
1587, by Jean Zuallart
Rachel was a Biblical figure, 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 Rebecca was Jacob's mother.
Rachel and Jacob at the Well by James Tissot (c. 1896–1902)
Fresco by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo of Rachel sitting on the idols (1726–1728)
Rachel's Tomb, near Bethlehem, 1891
Rachel weeping for her children, 14th-century fresco from Marko's Monastery