Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
NURSE. The position was one of much importance and honor. Rebekah's nurse accompanied her mistress to Canaan, and was buried with much mourning at Allon-bachuth. Gen 24:59; Gen 35:8. The tenderness of a nurse is not infrequently referred to. Isa 49:23; 1 Thess 2:7.