Rachel was one of the Matriarchs (Imahot) of the Jewish People. 

Rachel was the daughter of Laban, the younger sister of Leah, the beloved wife of Jacob (Yaacov), and the mother of Joseph (Yosef) and Benjamin (Binyamin). 

The Book of Genesis describes how Rachel and Jacob first met at the well of Haran. Jacob fell in love with her and served Laban for seven years in order to marry her. Laban used a veil to trick Jacob into marrying his older daughter Leah instead. Jacob agreed to serve Laban for seven more years in order to marry Rachel. 

After many childless years, Rachel gave birth to Joseph. When Jacob and his family left Haran, Rachel took her father's household gods. Laban caught up with them and searched their tents for the idols, but he did not find them. While on the road from Beth-el to Ephrata, Rachel gave birth to a second son, Benjamin, and then she died. She was buried where she died, near Ramah, rather than in the family grave at the Cave of Machpelah.