Deborah, Rebekah's nurse— See ch. Genesis 24:59. This incident is mentioned to give the reason of the name of the place, which was afterwards celebrated, Allon-bachuth, the oak of mourning. It has been supposed, that Rebekah was now dead, and that Deborah had joined herself to Jacob's family, where there were several of her countrywomen. The prince of heathen poets gives us a beautiful account of the death, &c. of AEneas's nurse, AEneid. 7: Genesis 24:1. The frequent allusion in this history to the oak, is remarkable. See note on ch. Genesis 12:6.
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Genesis 35:8
8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.b