Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel's tomb. The pillar over Rachel's tomb is Jacob's covenant act of honoring the beloved wife — the same pillar-setting he used at Bethel and at Galeed, now used at the grave of Rachel. The application: the pillar that marks a grave is the covenant person's way of saying this life mattered, this person is remembered, this loss is not forgotten.

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