Genesis 35:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.”
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“Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 35:8 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 24:59So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
- Judges 2:1Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
- Judges 2:5So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 31:13Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
- 1 Chronicles 10:12all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
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