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He took the stone he had rested his head against, and he set it upright as a memorial pillar. Then he poured olive oil over it. <a href="/esv/genesis/28.htm">English Standard Version</a> So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. <a href="/bsb/genesis/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it, <a href="/kjv/genesis/28.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/28.htm">New King James Version</a> Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So Jacob got up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had placed as a support for his head, and set it up as a memorial stone, and poured oil on its top. <a href="/nasb/genesis/28.htm">NASB 1995</a> So 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 on its top. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So 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 on its top. <a href="/lsb/genesis/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So 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 on its top. <a href="/amp/genesis/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So Jacob got up early in the morning, and took the stone he had put under his head and he set it up as a pillar [that is, a monument to the vision in his dream], and he poured [olive] oil on the top of it [to consecrate it]. <a href="/csb/genesis/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Early in the morning Jacob took the stone that was near his head and set it up as a marker. He poured oil on top of it <a href="/hcsb/genesis/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Early in the morning Jacob took the stone that was near his head and set it up as a marker. He poured oil on top of it <a href="/asv/genesis/28.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. <a href="/cev/genesis/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When Jacob got up early the next morning, he took the rock that he had used for a pillow and stood it up as a place of worship. Then he poured olive oil on the rock to dedicate it to God, <a href="/erv/genesis/28.htm">English Revised Version</a> And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. <a href="/gwt/genesis/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had put under his head. He set it up as a marker and poured olive oil on top of it. <a href="/gnt/genesis/28.htm">Good News Translation</a> Jacob got up early next morning, took the stone that was under his head, and set it up as a memorial. Then he poured olive oil on it to dedicate it to God. <a href="/isv/genesis/28.htm">International Standard Version</a> When Jacob got up early the next morning, he took the stone that he had used for his pillow, set it up as a pillar, drenched it with oil, <a href="/msb/genesis/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it, <a href="/net/genesis/28.htm">NET Bible</a> Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it. <a href="/nheb/genesis/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up as a standing-stone, and poured oil on top of it. <a href="/wbt/genesis/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Jacob rose 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 on the top of it. <a href="/web/genesis/28.htm">World English Bible</a> Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Jacob rises early in the morning, and takes the stone which he has made his pillows, and makes it a standing pillar, and pours oil on its top, <a href="/ylt/genesis/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Jacob riseth early in the morning, and taketh the stone which he hath made his pillows, and maketh it a standing pillar, and poureth oil upon its top, <a href="/slt/genesis/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Jacob will rise early in the morning, and take the stone which he put at his head, and will set it a pillar, and pour oil upon its head.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Jacob, arising in the morning, took the stone, which he had laid under his head, and set it up for a title, pouring oil upon the top of it. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, Jacob, arising in the morning, took the stone which he had placed under his head, and he set it up as monument, pouring oil over it. <a href="/nabre/genesis/28.htm">New American Bible</a> Early the next morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head, set it up as a sacred pillar, and poured oil on top of it. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> So Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone which he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Yaquuv arose at dawn and he took the stone that he had set as his pillow and he made it a monument and he poured oil on its top.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. <a href="/sep/genesis/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone he had laid there by his head, and he set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it. <a href="/parallel/genesis/28-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=6879" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/28.htm">The Stone of Bethel</a> 18<a href="/hebrew/7925.htm" title="7925: way·yaš·kêm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; but used only as denominative from shkem; literally, to load up, i.e. To start early in the morning.">Early</a> <a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: bab·bō·qer (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">the next morning,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">Jacob</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">took</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/68.htm" title="68: hā·’e·ḇen (Art:: N-fs) -- A stone. From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone.">the stone</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·yā·śem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">he had placed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4763.htm" title="4763: mə·ra·’ă·šō·ṯāw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- A place at the head, head place. Formed like mar'ashah; properly, a headpiece, i.e. at the head-rest.">under his head,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śām (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">and he set it up</a> <a href="/hebrew/4676.htm" title="4676: maṣ·ṣê·ḇāh (N-fs) -- A pillar, stump. Feminine participle of natsab; something stationed, i.e. A column or; by analogy, an idol.">as a pillar.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3332.htm" title="3332: way·yi·ṣōq (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to pour out; by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard.">He poured</a> <a href="/hebrew/8081.htm" title="8081: še·men (N-ms) -- Fat, oil. From shaman; grease, especially liquid; figuratively, richness.">oil</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rō·šāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">top of it,</a> 19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/24-4.htm">Exodus 24:4</a> And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. <a href="/1_samuel/7-12.htm">1 Samuel 7:12</a> Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.” <a href="/joshua/4-20.htm">Joshua 4:20-24</a> And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan. / Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’ / you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’ ... <a href="/judges/6-20.htm">Judges 6:20-24</a> And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so. / Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight. / When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!” ... <a href="/1_kings/18-31.htm">1 Kings 18:31-32</a> And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.” / And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed. <a href="/2_samuel/18-18.htm">2 Samuel 18:18</a> During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument. <a href="/2_kings/23-17.htm">2 Kings 23:17</a> Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.” <a href="/hosea/12-4.htm">Hosea 12:4</a> Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there— <a href="/isaiah/19-19.htm">Isaiah 19:19</a> In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the center of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near her border. <a href="/1_chronicles/16-26.htm">1 Chronicles 16:26</a> For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens. <a href="/matthew/16-18.htm">Matthew 16:18</a> And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. <a href="/john/1-51.htm">John 1:51</a> Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” <a href="/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16</a> Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver. <a href="/romans/9-33.htm">Romans 9:33</a> as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” <a href="/1_peter/2-4.htm">1 Peter 2:4-8</a> As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight, / you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. / For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 on the top of it.rose up.<a href="/genesis/22-3.htm">Genesis 22:3</a> And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.<a href="/psalms/119-60.htm">Psalm 119:60</a> I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.<a href="/ecclesiastes/9-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:10</a> Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.and took.set it.<a href="/genesis/31-13.htm">Genesis 31:13,45</a> I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred… <a href="/genesis/35-14.htm">Genesis 35:14,20</a> 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… <a href="/joshua/24-26.htm">Joshua 24:26,27</a> And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD… poured.<a href="/leviticus/8-10.htm">Leviticus 8:10-12</a> And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them… <a href="/numbers/7-1.htm">Numbers 7:1</a> And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/26-31.htm">Early</a> <a href="/genesis/28-12.htm">Head</a> <a href="/genesis/28-16.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/27-31.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/genesis/26-31.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/revelation/18-13.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/genesis/19-26.htm">Pillar</a> <a href="/genesis/28-11.htm">Pillow</a> <a href="/genesis/28-11.htm">Pillows</a> <a href="/genesis/24-9.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/revelation/16-17.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/john/13-5.htm">Poureth</a> <a href="/genesis/23-7.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/genesis/26-31.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/genesis/11-3.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/genesis/28-12.htm">Top</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/31-55.htm">Early</a> <a href="/genesis/37-36.htm">Head</a> <a href="/genesis/28-20.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/29-22.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/genesis/29-25.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/genesis/31-13.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/genesis/28-22.htm">Pillar</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-13.htm">Pillow</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-13.htm">Pillows</a> <a href="/genesis/30-38.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/genesis/35-14.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/genesis/35-14.htm">Poureth</a> <a href="/genesis/31-17.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/genesis/31-17.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/genesis/28-22.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/genesis/28-22.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/genesis/40-17.htm">Top</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 28</div>1. <a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Isaac blesses Jacob, and sends him to Padan-aram.</a> 6. <a href="/genesis/28-6.htm">Esau marries Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael.</a> 10. <a href="/genesis/28-10.htm">Jacob journeys, and has a vision of a ladder.</a> 18. <a href="/genesis/28-18.htm">The stone of Bethel.</a> 20. <a href="/genesis/28-20.htm">Jacob's vow.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The morning is often associated with new beginnings and divine encounters in the Bible, as seen in <a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a>, where God's mercies are described as new every morning. Jacob's early rising suggests his eagerness to respond to the divine revelation he received in his dream.Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head The stone served as Jacob's pillow during his dream of the ladder reaching to heaven. In ancient Near Eastern culture, stones were often used as memorials or markers of significant events. This stone becomes a symbol of the place where God communicated with Jacob, marking it as sacred. The use of a stone also connects to other biblical instances where stones are used as memorials, such as in <a href="/joshua/4-20.htm">Joshua 4:20-24</a>, where stones are set up to commemorate the crossing of the Jordan River.and he set it up as a pillar Setting up a stone as a pillar was a common practice in ancient times to commemorate significant events or divine encounters. This act transforms the stone from a simple object into a monument of worship and remembrance. Pillars in the Bible often signify God's presence or covenant, as seen in <a href="/exodus/24-4.htm">Exodus 24:4</a>, where Moses sets up twelve pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.He poured oil on top of it Anointing the stone with oil signifies consecration and dedication to God. Oil in the Bible often represents the Holy Spirit and is used for anointing kings, priests, and sacred objects, as seen in <a href="/1_samuel/16-13.htm">1 Samuel 16:13</a>, where Samuel anoints David. This act of pouring oil indicates Jacob's recognition of the place as holy and set apart for God, foreshadowing the future anointing of places and people in Israel's religious practices.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a> The central figure in this passage, Jacob is the son of Isaac and Rebekah, and the grandson of Abraham. He is on a journey to Haran to find a wife from his mother's family. 2. <a href="/topical/b/bethel.htm">Bethel</a> The location where Jacob has his dream of the ladder reaching to heaven. Originally called Luz, Jacob renames it Bethel, meaning "House of God," after his encounter with God. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_stone.htm">The Stone</a> Used by Jacob as a pillow during his sleep, this stone becomes a significant symbol as he sets it up as a pillar to commemorate his divine encounter. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_pillar.htm">The Pillar</a> A physical marker set up by Jacob to signify the place where God revealed Himself to him. It serves as a memorial of God's promise and Jacob's vow. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_oil.htm">The Oil</a> Symbolic of consecration and dedication, Jacob pours oil on the stone, setting it apart as holy and marking the place of his encounter with God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_memorials.htm">The Significance of Memorials</a> Just as Jacob set up a pillar to remember God's promise, we should establish spiritual memorials in our lives to remind us of God's faithfulness. <a href="/topical/c/consecration_and_dedication.htm">Consecration and Dedication</a> Jacob's act of pouring oil signifies setting apart something for God's purpose. We are called to consecrate our lives to God, dedicating ourselves to His service. <a href="/topical/e/encountering_god_in_the_ordinary.htm">Encountering God in the Ordinary</a> Jacob's encounter with God happened in a seemingly ordinary place. We should be open to experiencing God's presence in our everyday lives. <a href="/topical/r/responding_to_god's_promises.htm">Responding to God's Promises</a> Jacob's response to God's promise was immediate and tangible. We should actively respond to God's promises with faith and action. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_in_uncertainty.htm">The Role of Faith in Uncertainty</a> Jacob was on a journey with an uncertain future, yet he trusted in God's promise. We are encouraged to have faith in God's plans, even when the path is unclear.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 28</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_jacob's_stone_anointing.htm">What historical or archaeological evidence supports Jacob’s anointing of the stone or the site’s significant status (Genesis 28:18)? </a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_sacred_pillars.htm">What are the Sacred Pillars?</a> <a href="/q/will_the_death_covenant_end.htm">What are the Sacred Pillars?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_stones_of_remembrance.htm">What are Stones of Remembrance?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) Jacob . . . took the stone . . . and set it up for a pillar.--In so doing, Jacob's object was to mark the spot where so important a communication had been made to him. But besides its use as a memorial, it would enable him to identify the place upon his return, and pay there his vows. And as oil was the symbol of the dedication of a thing to holy uses, he pours oil upon the top of it.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - And Jacob rose up early in the morning (cf. <a href="/genesis/19-27.htm">Genesis 19:27</a>; <a href="/genesis/22-3.htm">Genesis 22:3</a>), and took the stone that he had put for his pillows (vide supra), and set it up for a pillar - literally, set it up, a pillar (or something set upright, hence a statue or monument); not as an object of worship, a sort of fetish, but as a memorial of the vision (Calvin, Keil, Murphy; cf. <a href="/genesis/31-45.htm">Genesis 31:45</a>; <a href="/genesis/35-14.htm">Genesis 35:14</a>; <a href="/joshua/4-9.htm">Joshua 4:9, 20</a>; 14:26; <a href="/1_samuel/7-12.htm">1 Samuel 7:12</a>) - and poured oil upon the top of it. Quasi signum consecrationis (Calvin), and not because he regarded it as in itself invested with any degree of sanctity. The worship of sacred stones (Baetylia), afterwards prevalent among the Greeks, Romans, Hindoos, Arabs, and Germans, though by some (Kuenen, Oort; vide 'The Bible for Young People,' vol. 1. p. 231) regarded as one of the primeval forms of worship among the Hebrews, was expressly interdicted by the law of Moses (cf. <a href="/exodus/22-24.htm">Exodus 22:24</a>; <a href="/exodus/34-13.htm">Exodus 34:13</a>; <a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Leviticus 26:1</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/12-3.htm">Deuteronomy 12:3</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/16-22.htm">Deuteronomy 16:22</a>). It was probably a heathen imitation of the rite here recorded, though by some authorities (Keil, Knobel, Lange) the Baetylian worship is said to have been connected chiefly with meteoric stones which were supposed to have descended from some divinity; as, e. g., the stone in Delphi sacred to Apollo; that in Emesa, on the Orontes, consecrated to the sun; the angular rock at Pessinus in Phrygia worshipped as hallowed by Cybele; the black stone in the Kaaba at Mecca believed to have been brought from heaven by the angel Gabriel (vide Kalisch in /Gee). That the present narrative was a late invention, "called into existence by a desire" on the part of the priests and prophets of Yahweh (Jehovah) "to proclaim the high antiquity of the sanctuary at Bethel, and to make a sacred stone harmless" ('The Bible for Young People,' vol. 1. p. 231), is pure assumption. The circumstance that the usage here mentioned is nowhere else in Scripture countenanced (except in <a href="/genesis/35-14.htm">Genesis 35:14</a>, with reference to this same pillar) forms a sufficient pledge of the high antiquity of the narrative (vied Havernick's 'Introd.,' § 20). <a href="/commentaries/genesis/28-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Early וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם (way·yaš·kêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7925.htm">Strong's 7925: </a> To load up, to start early in the morning the next morning, בַּבֹּ֗קֶר (bab·bō·qer) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> Dawn, morning Jacob יַעֲקֹ֜ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc took וַיִּקַּ֤ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take the stone הָאֶ֙בֶן֙ (hā·’e·ḇen) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> A stone that אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that he had placed וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (way·yā·śem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set under his head, מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֔יו (mə·ra·’ă·šō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4763.htm">Strong's 4763: </a> A place at the head, head place and he set it up שָׂ֣ם (śām) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set as a pillar. מַצֵּבָ֑ה (maṣ·ṣê·ḇāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4676.htm">Strong's 4676: </a> Something stationed, a column, an idol He poured וַיִּצֹ֥ק (way·yi·ṣōq) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3332.htm">Strong's 3332: </a> To pour out, to melt, cast as metal, to place firmly, to stiffen, grow hard oil שֶׁ֖מֶן (še·men) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8081.htm">Strong's 8081: </a> Grease, liquid, richness on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against top of it, רֹאשָֽׁהּ׃ (rō·šāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/28-18.htm">Genesis 28:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/28-18.htm">Genesis 28:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/28-18.htm">Genesis 28:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/28-18.htm">Genesis 28:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/28-18.htm">Genesis 28:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/28-18.htm">Genesis 28:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/28-18.htm">Genesis 28:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/28-18.htm">Genesis 28:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/28-18.htm">Genesis 28:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/28-18.htm">Genesis 28:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/28-18.htm">OT Law: Genesis 28:18 Jacob rose up early in the morning (Gen. 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