And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
What does Genesis 35:20 mean?
Rachel had passionately said, Give me children, or else I die; and now that she had children, she died! The death of the body is but the departure of the soul to the world of spirits.
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Keep this verse inside Genesis 35:16-20 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Genesis 35:20
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Genesis 35 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as the family line through Isaac and Jacob. Genesis opens the whole Bible with creation, fall, flood, Babel, and the long patriarchal story that carries the reader from Eden to Egypt. Read this chapter with the wider themes of creation, fall, and covenant in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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