Allon Bachuth

{{Short description|Oak near Bethel mentioned in Genesis}} In the Hebrew Bible, '''Allon Bachuth''' ({{Langx|he|אלון בכות}}; "Oak of Weeping") is an oak near Bethel, at the foot of which Deborah, the wet nurse of Rebecca, was buried (Genesis 35:8).<ref name=je/>

Additionally, in Judges 4:5, a tree is referred to as the "palm-tree of Deborah," which has been identified by some{{Who|date=May 2024}} with the "Oak of Weeping."<ref name=je>{{JewishEncyclopedia|inline=1|article=ALLON BACHUTH ("Oak of Weeping")|author=Gerson B. Levi and Louis Ginzberg|url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1268-allon-bachuth}}</ref>

==In Rabbinical literature== According to the Aggadah,<ref>''Pesikta de-Rav Kahana'', Zakor, [https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14056&st=&pgnum=100 pp. 23b] et seq.; Genesis Rabbah 81:5; Midrash Tanhuma, Vayishlach, [https://archive.org/details/midrashtanhumaha01bube/page/176/mode/1up 26].</ref> the word "''allon''" is the Greek ἄλλον (another); and it explains the designation of the burial-place of Deborah as "another weeping," by stating that before Jacob had completed his mourning for Deborah, he received the news of the death of his mother, Rebecca. It claims scripture does not mention the place of Rebecca's interment, because her burial took place privately, but Genesis 49:31 specifically states she was interred in the Cave of Machpelah. Isaac was blind; Jacob was away from home; and Esau would have been the only one to mourn; and his public appearance as sole mourner would not have been to Rebecca's honor.<ref name=je/>

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Category:Individual oak trees Category:Hebrew Bible places