Genesis 35:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.

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  • 1 Sam 10:2 : 2 When you have gone away from me today, you will see two men by the resting-place of Rachel's body, in the land of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went in search of have come back, and now your father, caring no longer for the asses, is troubled about you, saying, What am I to do about my son?
  • 2 Sam 18:17-18 : 17 And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent. 18 Now Absalom, before his death, had put up for himself a pillar in the king's valley, naming it after himself; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and to this day it is named Absalom's pillar.
  • Gen 35:9 : 9 Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,
  • Gen 35:14 : 14 And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.

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  • 19So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).

  • Gen 31:45-48
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    45Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

    46And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.

    47And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.

    48And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,

  • 7And as for me, when I came from Paddan, death overtook Rachel on the way, when we were still some distance from Ephrath; and I put her to rest there on the road to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.

  • Gen 35:14-16
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    14And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.

    15And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

    16So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.

  • 21And Israel went journeying on and put up his tents on the other side of the tower of the flock.

  • 18And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.

  • Gen 31:51-52
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    51And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;

    52They will be witness that I will not go over these stones to you, and you will not go over these stones or this pillar to me, for any evil purpose.

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.

    10Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

    11And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.

    12And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.

  • 34Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.

  • Gen 29:28-29
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    28And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.

    29And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.

  • Gen 30:1-3
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    1Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.

    2But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

    3Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.

  • 31There Abraham and Sarah his wife were put to rest, and there they put Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I put Leah to rest.

  • 11And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

  • 4And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

  • 19Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.

  • 32As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.

  • 14Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

  • 3And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

  • 22Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.

  • 18In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss.

  • 20And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.

  • 1And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

  • 25Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.