The story of Rachel's death is a melancholy one. Rachel, who so longed for children, dies in childbirth. What is the significance of this? And why is she buried "on the way"? Is it simply the result of circumstance, since she dies on the way?
It seems that Rachel's entire existence symbolizes "the way," the process. Her life is a story of constant grappling with processes, and it is from Rachel we learn the significance of process.