Jacob Wept Because Rachel Would Not Lie Beside Him in the Grave

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 124:5

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Another interpretation: Why did he weep? Because he foresaw that she would not enter with him into burial. For she said to him (Genesis 30:15), "Therefore he shall lie [with you tonight]" — "with you he shall lie [in death], but with me he shall not lie."

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