KJV 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 Allonbachuth.
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Genesis 35:8
But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.
WEB World English Bible
Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.
ASV American Standard Version
And Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, dieth, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calleth its name ‘Oak of weeping.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 35
5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
6 So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: 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 Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
10 And God said unto him, Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
11 And God said unto him, I [am] God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
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וַתָּ֤מָתH4191 · mutto dieדְּבֹרָה֙H1683 · de.bo.rahDeborahמֵינֶ֣קֶתH3243 · ya.naqto suckleרִבְקָ֔הH7259 · riv.qahRebekahוַתִּקָּבֵ֛רH6912 · qa.varto buryמִתַּ֥חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underלְבֵֽית־H1008 · bet-elBethelאֵ֖לH1008 · bet-elBethelתַּ֣חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underהָֽאַלּ֑וֹןH437 · al.lonoakוַיִּקְרָ֥אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשְׁמ֖וֹH8034 · shemnameאַלּ֥וֹןH439 · al.lon ba.khutAllon-bacuthבָּכֽוּת׃ פH439 · al.lon ba.khutAllon-bacuth
Cross-references
Genesis 24:59And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.1 Samuel 31:13And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.Judges 2:5And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.Judges 2:1And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
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