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Benjamin Born, Rachel Dies

Genesis 35:20

In 11 translations

BSB
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
KJV
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
WEB
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.
ASV
And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
LSV
and Jacob sets up a standing pillar over her grave; which [is] the standing pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.
YLT
and Jacob setteth up a standing pillar over her grave; which [is] the standing pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
DBY
And Jacob erected a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to [this] day.
DRC
And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre: this is the pillar of Rachel’s monument, to this day.
GNV
And Iaakob set a pillar vpon her graue: This is the pillar of Rahels graue vnto this day.
JPS
And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
LXXE
And Jacob set up a pillar on her tomb; this is the pillar on the tomb of Rachel, until this day.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּצֵּ֧ב יַעֲקֹ֛ב מַצֵּבָ֖ה עַל־קְבֻרָתָ֑הּ הִ֛וא מַצֶּ֥בֶת קְבֻֽרַת־רָחֵ֖ל עַד־הַיּֽוֹם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔστησεν Ἰακὼβ στήλην ἐπὶ τοῦ μνημείου αὐτῆς· αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ στήλη ἐπὶ τοῦ μνημείου Ῥαχὴλ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

Who and where

👤 Jacob (Israel)👤 Rachel◆ Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 10:2When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the…
  • Genesis 35:14So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
  • 2 Samuel 18:17–18They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home. During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar…
  • Genesis 35:9After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

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