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Matt 2:18 is quoted from Jer 31:15. It is quoted again by Paul in Gal 4:27The 12 sons of Jacob had four mothers but Rachel is the spiritual mother of them all according to matt 2:18
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Gal 4:22-26 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise. Now this may be interpreted allegorically: these women are two covenants. One is from Mt Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mt Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written"Rejoice O barren one------
28 Now you brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. 31 So, brothers we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.
See what happens when one lets scripture interpret scripture? See what happens to the traditions of men when one adheres to sola scriptura and when it does not?
There is absolutely nothing about Mary being our mother in those or any other passages.
And it makes no difference that the sons of Jacob had four different mothers. Jacob was the Seed bearer, and he is the father of Judah---the Seed bearer.