Genesis 35:20 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 35:20

Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

KJV

And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 chief; many of these still remain in different countries. Afterwards a rude stone, with a simple inscription, was used, containing only the name of the deceased, and that of his father. But where arts and sciences flourished, superb monuments were erected highly decorated, and pompously inscribed.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּצֵּ֧ב	vai.ya.Tzev	and he set up	H5324 →
יַעֲקֹ֛ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
מַצֵּבָ֖ה	ma.tze.Vah	a pillar	H4676 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
קְבֻרָתָ֑הּ	ke.vu.ra.Tah	grave her	H6900 →
הִ֛וא	hi'	it	H1931 →
מַצֶּ֥בֶת	ma.Tze.vet	[is] [the] pillar of	H4678 →
קְבֻֽרַת־	ke.vu.rat-	[the] grave of	H6900 →
רָחֵ֖ל	ra.Chel	Rachel	H7354 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
הַיּֽוֹם׃	hai.Yom	this day	H3117 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 35:9
After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
leads to
- Genesis 26:2
  The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
- Genesis 35:1
  Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
- Genesis 18:1
  Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
- Genesis 12:7
  Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Genesis 17:1
  When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
Through
1 Samuel 10:2
When 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…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 9:3–5
  One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”
- Genesis 35:19–20
  So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
Through
Genesis 35:14
So 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.
leads to
- Genesis 28:18–19
  Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,