Genesis 35:8

Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.

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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 Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

9God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:59They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men.

Judges 2:5They called the name of that place Bochim, and they sacrificed there to the LORD.

1 Chronicles 10:12all the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and 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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