Genesis 35:8

וַתָּמָת דְּבֹרָה מֵינֶקֶת רִבְקָה וַתִּקָּבֵר מִתַּחַת לְבֵֽית ־ אֵל תַּחַת הָֽאַלּוֹן וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ אַלּוֹן בָּכֽוּת ׃ פ

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

7וַיִּבֶן שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ וַיִּקְרָא לַמָּקוֹם אֵל בֵּֽית ־ אֵל כִּי שָׁם נִגְלוּ אֵלָיו הָֽאֱלֹהִים בְּבָרְחוֹ מִפְּנֵי אָחִֽיו ׃

9וַיֵּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶֽל ־ יַעֲקֹב עוֹד בְּבֹאוֹ מִפַּדַּן אֲרָם וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 24:59וַֽיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֶת ־ רִבְקָה אֲחֹתָם וְאֶת ־ מֵנִקְתָּהּ וְאֶת ־ עֶבֶד אַבְרָהָם וְאֶת ־ אֲנָשָֽׁיו ׃

Judges 2:5וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ שֵֽׁם ־ הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא בֹּכִים וַיִּזְבְּחוּ ־ שָׁם לַֽיהוָֽה ׃ פ

1 Chronicles 10:12וַיָּקוּמוּ כָּל ־ אִישׁ חַיִל וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת ־ גּוּפַת שָׁאוּל וְאֵת גּוּפֹת בָּנָיו וַיְבִיאוּם יָבֵישָׁה וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֶת ־ עַצְמוֹתֵיהֶם תַּחַת הָאֵלָה בְּיָבֵשׁ וַיָּצוּמוּ שִׁבְעַת יָמִֽים ׃

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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