Genesis 35:8

At the same time Debora the nurse of Rebecca died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel under an oak: and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

In Context

7And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.

9And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,

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Cross References

Genesis 24:59So they sent her away, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his company,

Judges 2:5And the name of that place was called, The place of weepers, or of tears: and there they offered sacrifices to the Lord.

1 Chronicles 10:12All the valiant men of them arose, and took the bodies of Saul and of his sons, and brought them to Jabes, and buried their bones under the oak that was in Jabes, and they fasted seven days.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:7-16

Jacob's Arrival at Bethel. ( b. c. 1732.) 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-Beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.… Read the whole commentary →

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