Genesis 28:18 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 28:18

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,

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

GLAPHYRA ON Genesis, 4.4 (444)

On the other hand the stone also had been erected and honored as a symbol of Christ and had been sprinkled with oil. The Immanuel was anointed by God the Father "with the oil of gladness above his fellows." Then he was raised from the dead, even though he had descended to death voluntarily. And that is, I believe, the meaning of erecting the stone.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And Jacob - took the stone - and set it up for a pillar - He placed the stone in an erect posture, that it might stand as a monument of the extraordinary vision which he had in this place; and he poured oil upon it, thereby consecrating it to God, so that it might be considered an altar on which libations might be poured, and sacrifices offered unto God. See Gen 35:14. The Brahmins anoint their stone images with oil before bathing; and some anoint them with sweet-scented oil.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Jacob set up a stone, etc.--The mere setting up of the stone might have been as a future memorial to mark the spot; and this practice is still common in the East, in memory of a religious vow or engagement. But the pouring oil upon it was a consecration.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם	vai.yash.Kem	and he rose early	H7925 →
יַעֲקֹ֜ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
בַּבֹּ֗קֶר	ba.Bo.ker	in the morning	H1242 →
וַיִּקַּ֤ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאֶ֙בֶן֙	ha.'E.ven	the stone	H68 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
שָׂ֣ם	sam	he had put	H7760 →
מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֔יו	me.ra.'a.sho.Tav	[the] place of head his	H4763 →
וַיָּ֥שֶׂם	vai.Ya.sem	and he set up	H7760 →
אֹתָ֖הּ	'o.Tah	<obj.> it	H853 →
מַצֵּבָ֑ה	ma.tze.Vah	a pillar	H4676 →
וַיִּצֹ֥ק	vai.yi.Tzok	and he poured	H3332 →
שֶׁ֖מֶן	She.men	oil	H8081 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
רֹאשָֽׁהּ׃	ro.Shah	top its	H7218 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
leads to
- Genesis 31:3
  Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
- Genesis 32:9
  Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
- Genesis 28:12–22
  And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
- Genesis 35:7
  There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
Through
Numbers 7:1
On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
leads to
- Leviticus 8:10–11
  Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
- Numbers 7:84
  So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.
Through
Genesis 35:14
So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
leads to
- Genesis 28:18–19
  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,
Through
Genesis 31:45
So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,
leads to
- Genesis 28:18–22
  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,

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