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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 35:20

That is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day. — This is a later addition, but whether inserted by Moses or Ezra we cannot tell. Its site was known in the days of Samuel (1 Samuel 10:2); and as the pillar would be a mass of unwrought stone, with which the natives would have no object in interfering, its identification upon the conquest of Canaan would not be difficult.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 35:20. _JACOB SET A PILLAR UPON HER GRAVE_] Was not this the origin of funeral monuments? In ancient times, and among rude nations, a heap of stones designated the burial place of the c...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - The Death of Isaac 8. דברה _d__e__borâh_, Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון _'alôn_-_bākût_, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.” 16. כברה _kı̂brâh_, “length stretc

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 35 JACOB AT BETHEL AND THREE DEATHS _ 1. The divine commandment (Genesis 35:1)_ 2. The defilement put away (Genesis 35:2) 3. The journey to Bethel and the altar (Genesis 35:5) 4. Deborah,...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GENESIS 35:16 A. RACHEL DIES AT THE BIRTH OF BENJAMIN. Genesis 35:16 is assigned by some to J and by some to E. There is no decisive reason for either. Genesis 35:21_ a_ is from J. The use of Israel a...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    (J). Birth of Benjamin and Death of Rachel "The meaning of the statement that Rachel died when Benjamin was born is that the formation of the new tribe Benjamin broke up the old tribe Rachel" (Bennet...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SET A PILLAR, &C.— The learned Bochart is of opinion, that this monument of Rachel's (which is the first that we read of in Scripture) was a _pyramid,_ curiously wrought, and raised upon a _basis_ of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART FORTY-THREE THE STORY OF JACOB: INCIDENTS IN CANAAN (Genesis 34:1 to Genesis 35:28) The Biblical Account 1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob went out to see the daughters...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND JACOB SET A PILLAR UPON HER GRAVE: THAT IS THE PILLAR OF RACHEL'S GRAVE UNTO THIS DAY._ Set a pillar upon her grave ... unto this day. The spot still marked out as the grave of Rachel exactly ag...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JACOB JOURNEYS BY WAY OF BETHEL TO HEBRON. DEATH OF RACHEL AND OF ISAAC 1. Jacob is commanded to go to Bethel and fulfil the vow he had once made there (Genesis 28:20; Genesis 28:22)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 35 JACOB MOVES TO BETHEL V1 God said to Jacob, ‘Move away from here. Go to Bethel and live there. Make an *altar there for me. I am God. I appear...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּצֵּ֧ב יַעֲקֹ֛ב מַצֵּבָ֖ה עַל ־קְבֻרָתָ֑הּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    JACOB'S RETURN Genesis 35:1 "As for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way."- Genesis 48:7 The words of the Wrestler at the brook Jabbok, "Let me go, for the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JACOB'S SONS; ESAU'S SONS; ISAAC'S DEATH Genesis 35:16; Genesis 36:1 From Bethel to Bethlehem is not far. The one, the House of God; the other, the House of Bread. We need them both, if we are to bea...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    God never abandons His children to the forces of evil circumstances resulting from their own folly. The fourth direct communication to Jacob was that which called him back to Beth-el. Again the eviden...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    THE DEATHS OF RACHEL AND ISAAC As they continued their journey away from Bethel, Rachel experienced a very difficult time in childbirth. She named the boy born on that day Ben-Oni, or "son of my sorro...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Jacob set a (g) pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. (g) The ancient fathers used this ceremony to testify their hope of the resurrection to come, which wa...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _A pillar; or sepulchral monument, about 500 paces north of Bethlehem, (Haydock) which was called Ephrata afterwards, from Caleb's wife. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This monument was long after preserved. See 1 Samuel 10:2. Reader! do not pass over the review of Rachel's death, without again remarking the trials of the faithful. Genesis 47:9....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 THROUGH 35. I have no doubt that in the two wives, as I have said, we have the Gentiles and Israel: Rachel first loved on the earth, but not possessed; but...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JACOB SET A PILLAR UPON HER GRAVE,.... A sepulchral monument erected in memory of her; this according to Benjamin of Tudela e was made of twelve stones, according to the number of the sons of Jaco...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. Ver. 21. _Beyond the tower of Edar._] Or, Of the flock. This tower was built, it seems, for the safety and...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Jacob set a pillar upon her grave_ As a monument, or memorial of her life and death, and as a testimony of her future resurrection. _That is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day_ Unto the time...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 God sendeth Iacob to Bethel. 2 He purgeth his house of idols. 6 He buildeth an Altar at Bethel. 8 Deborah dieth at Allon Bachuth. 9 God blesseth Iacob at Bethel. 16 Rachel traueileth of Beniami...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. So the monument was still standing in the days when Moses wrote. It was a bitter cup of grief which Jacob had...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Death of Rachel...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    SEVENTH SECTION _Departure from Bethel. Benjamin’s birth. Rachel’s death_. GENESIS 35:16-20 16And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath [fruit, the fruitful]:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    BETHEL AT LAST Jacob knew he could not remain at Shechem, though it took a humiliating experience in his own house to drive him away from there. God speaks to him in no uncertain terms. He is to arise...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    16-20 Rachel had passionately said, Give me children, or else I die; and now that she had children, she died! The death of the body is but the departure of the soul to the world of spirits. When shal...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    JACOB SET A PILLAR, as a monument or memorial of her life and death, and as a testimony of her future resurrection. UNTO THIS DAY, i.e. unto the time wherein Moses writ this book, and long after. See...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "And God said unto Jacob. Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there." This confirms the principle on which we have been dwelling. When there is failure or declension, the Lord calls the soul back to Hims...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 35:20 Jacob H3290 set H5324 (H8686) pillar H4676 grave H6900 pillar H4678 Rachels H7354 grave H6900 day...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.' The loss of Rachel is a deep blow and when she is buried he sets up a memorial stone. The setting up of...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And they saw him in the distance, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him. And they said to one another, “See, the lord of dreams comes.” Come now therefore, let us kil...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jacob's return to Bethel and renewed communion. Death of Rachael. Birth of Benjamin. Death of Isaac. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Deborah, Rebekah, Rachael, Benjamin, Reuben, Bilhah, Isaac, Esau. CO...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 35:1. _And God said._ This is the fifth vision in which the Lord appeared to Jacob; it marks a special providence over his safety, by removing him from the vicinity of Shechem to a peaceful dw...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem_ THE DEATH OF RACHEL I. IN ITS SOLEMN AND MELANCHOLY ASPECT. 1. It was death upon a journey. 2. It was death in the time of t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 35:16 RACHEL dies while giving birth. The name that Rachel gives her newborn son, BEN-ONI, is potentially ambiguous (see esv footnote). Jacob changes the

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 35:1 Jacob moves by stages from Shechem to Bethel, eventually coming to Hebron, where his father Isaac is still alive. Transformed by the experiences of Bethel and Peniel, Jaco...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 35:18. Ben-oni.] Heb. _Son of my pain. Benjamin._ Heb. _Son of right hand, or, son of happiness._— GENESIS 35:20. THE PILLAR OF RACHEL’S GRAVE UNTO THIS DAY.] The grave of Ra...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 35:16 AND THEY JOURNEYED—not in opposition to the Divine commandment (Genesis 35:1), which did not enjoin a permanent settlement at Bethel, but in accordance probably with his own...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And so God said to Jacob, Arise, and go up to Bethel (Genesis 35:1), Now Jacob is afraid. Hey, the kings are going to get together. They're going to attack me and wipe me out. And so "God is saying to...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    the pillar. Genesis 35:9 Genesis 35:14 1 Samuel 10:2 2 Samuel 18:17...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave — So that it was known long after to be Rachel's sepulchre, 1 Samuel 10:2, and Providence so ordered it, that this place afterwards fell in the lot of Benjamin...

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