Genesis 28:18
In the morning Jacob got up and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up on its end to show that the place was a holy place. He poured some olive oil on top of the stone to dedicate it to God.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
19He named that place Bethel, which means ‘house of God’. Previously its name was Luz.
Cross References
Genesis 22:3So Abraham got up early the next morning, put a saddle on his donkey, and took with him two of his servants along with his son, Isaac. He also chopped some wood to kindle a fire for a burnt offering. Then they started traveling to the place God told him about.
Genesis 31:45So Jacob took a large stone and set it on its end.
Genesis 35:20Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
Numbers 7:1When Moses/I had finished setting up the Sacred Tent, he/I dedicated [MTY] it to Yahweh. He/I also dedicated the things that are inside the tent, and the altar for burning sacrifices, and all the things that would be used at the altar.
1 Samuel 7:12After that happened, Samuel took a large stone and set it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah towns. He named the stone ‘Ebenezer’, which means ‘stone of help’, because he said “Yahweh has helped us until the present time.”
Psalms 119:60I hurry to obey ◄your commands/what you have commanded►; I do not delay at all.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 28:17-22
Jacob's Vow. ( b. c. 1760.) 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the… Read the whole commentary →