Genesis 35:20 “Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day…”

Genesis 35:20

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And Iaakob set a pillar vpon her graue: This is the pillar of Rahels graue vnto this day.

Darby Translation

And Jacob erected a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to [this] day.

Young's Literal Translation

and Jacob setteth up a standing pillar over her grave; which [is] the standing pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“the pillar”

1 Samuel 10:2 Genesis 35:14 Genesis 35:9 2 Samuel 18:17 2 Samuel 18:18

1 Samuel 10:2 · BSB

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 your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys…

Genesis 35:14 · BSB

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.

Genesis 35:9 · BSB

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

2 Samuel 18:17 · BSB

They 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.

2 Samuel 18:18 · BSB

During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

21Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

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