Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. Then he poured wine over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive oil.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

8. דברה deborâh — Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.”

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 – 35:29).

THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.

Abraham b…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And Jacob set up a pillar. Though it is possible that he may have again erected a sacred monument in memory of the second vision, I readil…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with
him

He had set up a pil…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The comfort the saints have in holy ordinances is not so much from Beth-el, the house of God, as from El-beth-el, the God of the house. The ordinan…