What does Genesis 35:8 mean?

Genesis 35:8 highlights themes such as mourning, loss, family when read in context.

How should I apply Genesis 35:8 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him.

7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

8But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.

10And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

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