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Jacob returned to Bethel, where he had another vision of blessing.

Although the death of Rebecca, Jacob's mother, is not explicitly recorded in the Bible, Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died and was buried at Bethel, at a place that Jacob calls Allon Bachuth ( אלון בכות ), " Oak of Weepings " ( Genesis 35: 8 ).

According to the Midrash, the plural form of the word " weeping " indicates the double sorrow that Rebecca also died at this time.