Genesis 35:8

Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak near Bethel. So it was named “the oak of weeping.”

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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

7He built an altar there and called the place El-Bethel, because that was where God had appeared to him when he was running away from his brother Esau.

9God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him after his return from Paddan-aram.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:59So they let Laban's sister Rebekah leave with Abraham's servant and his men, together with the woman who had nursed her as a child.

Judges 2:5That's why they named the place Bokim, and they presented sacrifices there to the Lord.

1 Chronicles 10:12all their fighting men went and recovered the bodies of Saul and his sons. They brought them back and buried them under the large tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted for 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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