Genesis 35:8

And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and he called its named Allon-bachuth.

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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

7And 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.

9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Padan-aram, and blessed him.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:59And thereupon they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

Judges 2:5And they called the name of that place, Bochim; and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.

1 Chronicles 10:12Then arose all the valiant men, and carried away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Yabesh; and they buried their bones under the terebinth in Yabesh, 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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