Genesis 35:20
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
Majority Standard Bible
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
19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
21Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.
Cross References
Genesis 35:9After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
1 Samuel 10:2When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should 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 →