Genesis 35:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.”
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“Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Jacob setteth up a standing pillar over her grave; which <FI>is<Fi> the standing pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 35:20 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 35:9After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
- Genesis 35:14So 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.
- 1 Samuel 10:2When 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 and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
- 2 Samuel 18:17They 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.
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