ID: 901001913 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001913	Record Type: Character/Person

	Rachel (Old Testament character)

Note: In Genesis, the first book of the Hebrew Bible, one of the two wives of the partriarch Jacob. Forced to serve Rachel’s father, Laban, for seven years to win her, Jacob was tricked at the end of that time into marrying her sister, Leah. He was then allowed to marry Rachel as well.

Names:

	Rachel (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Raḥel (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	רחל אמנו (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
		........<Old Testament characters> (P)
		............Rachel (Old Testament character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	consort/spouse of .... Jacob
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Jacob (Old Testament character)) [901000501]

	parent of .... Joseph, son of Jacob
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Joseph, son of Jacob (Old Testament character)) [901000525]

	parent of .... Benjamin
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Benjamin (Old Testament character)) [901001914]

	source is .... Bible, Old Testament
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Bible (sacred literature, Judeo-Christian), Bible, Old Testament (Biblical books, sacred texts)) [901000253]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... religious character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... matriarch
	.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
	.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Rachel (Old Testament character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 86093832
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11I63(Rachel)
	Raḥel (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	רחל אמנו (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Rachel," accessed 30 June 2017
	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)