The Importance of Bethlehem in the Birth of Jesus

Rachel dies during the delivery of young Benjamin. She cries out and calls him the son of my sorrow, but Jacob calls him the "son of my right hand" It was a very strong inference that the traveling that was here that wasn't called by the Lord had a significant impact on the delivery in Rachel. Reuben has sex with his concubine. This is an act of usurpion. He's trying to usurp his dad.