Genesis 35:8

35:8 (Deborah, ¹  Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named ²  Oak of Weeping.) ³ 

Genesis 39:19

39:19 When his master heard his wife say, ⁴  “This is the way ⁵  your slave treated me,” ⁶  he became furious. ⁷ 

[35:8]  ¹ sn Deborah. This woman had been Rebekah’s nurse, but later attached herself to Jacob. She must have been about one hundred and eighty years old when she died.

[35:8]  ² tn “and he called its name.” There is no expressed subject, so the verb can be translated as passive.

[35:8]  ³ tn Or “Allon Bacuth,” if one transliterates the Hebrew name (cf. NEB, NIV, NRSV). An oak tree was revered in the ancient world and often designated as a shrine or landmark. This one was named for the weeping (mourning) occasioned by the death of Deborah.

[39:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “and when his master heard the words of his wife which she spoke to him, saying.”

[39:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to these words.”

[39:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “did to me.”

[39:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “his anger burned.”