But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
Ver. 8. But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died.] A grave matron she was; of great use while she lived, and much missed when she died. This is not every man's case. Some have their souls, as swine, for no other use, than, as salt, to keep their bodies from putrefaction. a And when they die, they are no more missed than the sweepings of the house, or parings of the nails.
a Suillo pecori anima pro sale.