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Rachel

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Ra·chel  (rchl)
In the Bible, the second wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
[Hebrew rl, ewe; see lr in Semitic roots.]
Rachel
n
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Old Testament the second and best-loved wife of Jacob; mother of Joseph and Benjamin (Genesis 29-35)
2. (Biographies / (French)) original name Elisa Félix. 1820-58, French tragic actress, famous for her roles in the plays of Racine and Corneille
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Noun1.RachelRachel - (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin
Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
Translations
Rachel [ˈreɪtʃəl] N → Raquel


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Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies' eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde's Hollow it was a quiet, well-conducted little stream, for not even a brook could run past Mrs.
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Down in the saloon of her father's ship, Miss Rachel Vinrace, aged twenty-four, stood waiting her uncle and aunt nervously.
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Next day, a large ship, the Rachel, was descried, bearing directly down upon the Pequod, all her spars thickly clustering with men.
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