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Genesis 35:8

DeborahRebekahAllon-bacuthBethel (of Palestine)
Death and lossGrief

6 So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

7 There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.

9 After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

10 And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.

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BSB
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.
KJV
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.
WEB
Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died; and she was buried beneath Bethel, under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
BLB
And Deborah, nurse of Rebekah, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak, and he called its name Allon-bachuth.
ÅB
Da døde Debora, Rebekkas fostermor, og hun ble begravet nedenfor Betel under eken; og han kalte den gråts - eken.
OTB
Nå døde Debora, Rebekkas amme, og ble begravet under eika nedenfor Betel; den ble kalt Allon-Bakut.
B1930
Da døde Debora, Rebekkas fostermor, og hun blev begravet nedenfor Betel under eken; og han kalte den gråts - eken.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 24:59

    So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.

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  • 1 Samuel 31:13

    Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

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  • Judges 2:1

    Now 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,

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  • Judges 2:5

    So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.

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