Genesis 35:14 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

GLAPHYRA ON GENESIS, 5.5 (444)

When we ascend to Bethel, that is, to the house of God, we will know the stone, I mean, the elected stone, which was made into a cornerstone, that is, Christ. We will see the one who is anointed by the Father in joy and exultation for all the creatures that live under the sky. As I said, the Son is anointed by God the Father: "Joy of us all, universal exultation" according to the words of the psalmist.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When he was going to Padan-aram, he set up for a pillar that stone on which he had laid his head. This was agreeable enough to his low condition and his hasty flight; but now he took time to erect one more stately, more distinguishable and durable, probably placing that stone in it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A drink-offering - נסך nesech, a libation. These were afterwards very common in all countries. At first they consisted probably of water only, afterwards wine was used; see on Lev 7:1 (note), etc. The pillar which Jacob set up was to commemorate the appearance of God to him; the drink-offering and the oil were intended to express his gratitude and devotion to his preserver. It was probably the same pillar which he had set up before, which had since been thrown down, and which he had consecrated afresh to God.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּצֵּ֨ב	vai.ya.Tzev	and he set up	H5324 →
יַעֲקֹ֜ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
מַצֵּבָ֗ה	ma.tze.Vah	a pillar	H4676 →
בַּמָּק֛וֹם	ba.ma.Kom	at the place	H4725 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	where	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֥ר	di.Ber	he had spoken	H1696 →
אִתּ֖וֹ	'i.To	with him	H854 →
מַצֶּ֣בֶת	ma.Tze.vet	a pillar of	H4678 →
אָ֑בֶן	'A.ven	stone	H68 →
וַיַּסֵּ֤ךְ	vai.ya.Sekh	and he poured out	H5258 →
עָלֶ֙יהָ֙	'a.Lei.ha	on it	H5921 →
נֶ֔סֶךְ	Ne.sekh	a drink offering	H5262 →
וַיִּצֹ֥ק	vai.yi.Tzok	and he poured	H3332 →
עָלֶ֖יהָ	'a.Lei.ha	on it	H5921 →
שָֽׁמֶן׃	Sha.men	oil	H8081 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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
Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
leads to
- Genesis 22:14
  And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Judges 6:24
  So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Psalms 60:4
  You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
Through
1 Samuel 7:12
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.”
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 1:10
  He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
- Joshua 4:9
  Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
- Acts 26:22
  But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
- 1 Samuel 5:1
  After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
Through
Genesis 35:20
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 10:2
  When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now…