Diverse Auteurs, NetBible, [2007], Mat 2: 18 The LXX of Jer 38:15 (31:15 ET) has "lamentation, weeping, and loud wailing"; most later mss (C D L W 0233 Ë13 33 Ï) have a quotation in Matthew which conforms to that of the LXX (θρῆνος καὶ κλαυθμός καὶ ὀδυρμός; qrhno" kai klauqmo" kai odurmo"). But such assimilations were routine among the scribes; as such, they typically should be discounted because they are both predictable and motivated. The shorter reading, without "lamentation and," is thus to be preferred, especially since it cannot easily be accounted for unless it is the original wording here. Further, it is found in the better mss along with a good cross-section of other witnesses (א B Z 0250 Ë1pc lat co).
Vertaling Bijbel, Kanttekeningen SV, [], Een stem is [18]in Rama gehoord, geklag, geween en veel gekerm; [19]Rachel beweende haar kinderen, en wilde niet vertroost wezen, omdat zij niet zijn! 18. Zie hiervan de uitlegging Jer.31:15. 19. Dewijl Rachel daaromtrent begraven was, Gen.35:19, zo worden alhier door haar verstaan de moeders van Bethlehem en daaromtrent.