Genesis 35:14

Jacob set up at the place where God had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and poured a drink-offering and oil on it.

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And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

In Context

13God went up from him at that place where he spoke with him.

15Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:18So Jacob rose early in the morning and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil upon the top of it.

Genesis 35:20and Jacob set up a pillar on her grave: that is the Pillar of Rachel’s Grave, which stands until this day.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:7-16

Jacob's Arrival at Bethel. ( b. c. 1732.) 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-Beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.… Read the whole commentary →

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