Genesis 35:16

There was but a little way to come to Ephrath - The word כברת kibrath , translated here a little way, has greatly perplexed commentators. It occurs only here, in Genesis 48:7 , and 2 Kings 5:19 ; and it seems to have been some sort of measure applied to land, as we say a mile, an acre, a rood, a perch; but what the exact quantity of the kibrath was cannot be ascertained. Ephrath, called also Bethlehem, and Bethlehem Ephrata, was the birthplace of our blessed Redeemer. See its meaning Matthew 2:6 ; (note).