Génesis 35:20

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20 Sobre la tumba Jacob erigi贸 una estela, que hasta el d铆a de hoy se帽ala el lugar donde Raquel fue sepultada.

Génesis 35:20 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 35:20

And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave
A sepulchral monument erected in memory of her; this according to Benjamin of Tudela


FOOTNOTES:

F5 was made of twelve stones, according to the number of the sons of Jacob, and over it was a vault or roof, supported by four pillars: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day;
it continued to the times of Moses, the writer of this history, and to the times of Samuel, as appears from ( 1 Samuel 10:2 ) ; and even travellers of late times affirm it to be seen still, to the north of Bethlehem, on the right hand of the way as you go from Bethlehem to Jerusalem; but the present sepulchral monument, as Mr. Maundrel says F6, can be none of that which Jacob erected, for it appears plainly to be a modern Turkish structure. Near the grave are found some little black stones, which strangers pick up, and are fancied to be helpful to women, to give them an easier birth, the same the above traveller says resemble peas. The Jews that pass by it were used to engrave their names on the stones, of the pillars F7.
F5 ltinerar. p. 47.
F6 Journey from Aleppo p. 87.
F7 Benjamin. Itinerar. ib. Adrichom. Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 19. Bunting's Travels, p. 75.
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Génesis 35:20 In-Context

18 No obstante, ella se estaba muriendo, y en sus 煤ltimos suspiros alcanz贸 a llamar a su hijo Benon铆, pero Jacob, su padre, le puso por nombre Benjam铆n.
19 As铆 muri贸 Raquel, y la sepultaron en el camino que va hacia Efrata, que es Bel茅n.
20 Sobre la tumba Jacob erigi贸 una estela, que hasta el d铆a de hoy se帽ala el lugar donde Raquel fue sepultada.
21 Israel sigui贸 su camino y acamp贸 m谩s all谩 de Migdal Edar.
22 Mientras viv铆a en esa regi贸n, Rub茅n fue y se acost贸 con Bilh谩, la concubina de su padre. Cuando Israel se enter贸 de esto, se enoj贸 much铆simo.Jacob tuvo doce hijos:
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