KJV King James Version
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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Genesis 28:18
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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,
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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,
Surrounding context — Genesis 28
15 And, behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done [that] which I have spoken to thee of.
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 Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.
20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
21 So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
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וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םH7925 · sha.khamto riseיַעֲקֹ֜בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobבַּבֹּ֗קֶרH1242 · bo.qermorningוַיִּקַּ֤חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָאֶ֙בֶן֙H68 · e.venstoneאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichשָׂ֣םH7760 · sumto set: makeמְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֔יוH4763 · me.ra.a.shahheadוַיָּ֥שֶׂםH7760 · sumto set: makeאֹתָ֖הּH853 · et[Obj.]מַצֵּבָ֑הH4676 · mats.tse.vahpillarוַיִּצֹ֥קH3332 · ya.tsaqto pour: pourשֶׁ֖מֶןH8081 · she.menoilעַל־H5921 · aluponרֹאשָֽׁהּ׃H7218 · roshhead
Cross-references
Genesis 35:14And 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.Genesis 31:45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.Genesis 31:13I [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.Leviticus 8:10-12And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that [was] therein, and sanctified them.Genesis 22:3And 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.Numbers 7:1And 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;Genesis 35:20And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.Joshua 24:26-27And 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.Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever 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.Psalm 119:60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.Isaiah 19:19In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.2 Samuel 18:18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which [is] in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.1 Samuel 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
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