Genesis 35:20

Gen 35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

Ver. 21. Beyond the tower of Edar. ] Or, Of the flock. This tower was built, it seems, for the safety and service of shepherds. There it was, probably, that those shepherds, Luke 2:8 , watched their flocks. There also, Helena, mother to Constantine the Great, did afterwards build a temple, for a memorial of the angels that there appeared to those shepherds, carolling Christ into the world.