Genesis 35:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave — So that it was known long after to be Rachel's sepulchre, 1 Samuel 10:2, and Providence so ordered it, that this place afterwards fell in the lot of Benjamin. Jacob set up a pillar in remembrance of his joys Genesis 35:14, and here he set up one in remembrance of his sorrows; for as it may be of use to ourselves to keep both in mind, so it may be of use to others to transmit the memorials of both.

Genesis 35:20

20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.