Genesis 35:8

And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse died, and was buried below Beth-el, under the oak,—so the name thereof was called, Allon-bacuth.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 revealed himself unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother,

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

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Cross References

Genesis 24:59So they let go Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant and his men.

Judges 2:5So they called the name of that place, Bochim, and offered sacrifice there, unto Yahweh.

1 Chronicles 10:12then rose up all the men of valour, and took away the corpse of Saul, and the corpses of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh,—and buried their bodies under the terebinth, 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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