Genesis 35:20
And Jacob erected a monument over her sepulcher. This is the monument to Rachel’s tomb, even to the present day.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
In Context
19And so Rachel died, and she was buried in the way that leads to Ephrath: this place is Bethlehem.
21Departing from there, he pitched his tent beyond the Tower of the Flock.
Cross References
Genesis 35:9Then God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,
1 Samuel 10:2When you will have departed from me this day, you will find two men beside the sepulcher of Rachel, in the parts of Benjamin to the south. And they will say to you: ‘The donkeys have been found, which you had been seeking as you traveled. And your father, forgetting about the donkeys, has been anxious for you, and he says, “What shall I do about my son?”’
Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:17-21
Death of Rachel. ( b. c. 1732.) 16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 20 And… Read the whole commentary →