Genesis 35:20

Plain English Version

And Jacob stood up a big stone at that place, so that people will know that Rachel was buried there. That stone is still there today.

Cross References

Genesis 35:14

Jacob knew that God talked to him there, and he wanted to show that it was a special place. So he got a stone, and he stood it up. He poured out some wine on top of that stone, and he poured some olive oil on it too.

Genesis 35:9

This is the story about how God talked to Jacob after he got back from Paddan Aram country. God came to Jacob, and he promised to be good to him.

Genesis 48:7

Jacob also said to Joseph, “I want your 2 sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, to have their own tribes and their own land, because your mother Rachel only gave me 2 sons. She had you and your brother Benjamin. And then she died, and I was really sad. At that time, we were going from Paddan Aram country to Canaan country. Your mother died in Canaan country, on the way to the town called Efrath. And I buried her body near the road that goes to Efrath.” Another name for that town is Bethlehem.