Study it in the app“He came upon the place and spent the night there, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place and put it at his head, and lay down in that place.”
He came uponוַיִּפְגַּעthe placeבַּמָּקוֹםand spent the nightוַיָּלֶןthere,שָׁםbecauseכִּיthe sunהַשֶּׁמֶשׁhad set.בָאHe tookוַיִּקַּחone of the stonesמֵאַבְנֵיof the placeהַמָּקוֹםand put itוַיָּשֶׂםat his head,מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיוand lay downוַיִּשְׁכַּבin thatהַהוּאplace.בַּמָּקוֹם
meet
To go to meet someone and reach him.
Where else “yifga” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsspend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “yalen” appearssun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appearsset
For the sun to set.
Where else “va” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avne” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appearsat the head
The place at someone's head where they sleep.
Where else “meraashotay” appearslie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “yishkav” appears10Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
11 · This verse (above)
12He dreamed, and look, a ladder set on the earth, and its top reaching to the heavens; and look, the angels of Elohim were going up and coming down on it.
1. What it says
What did Jacob dream at Bethel, and what did YHWH say to him (vv. 12-15)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that Elohim tells Jacob, “I am with you and will keep you,” in his flight (v. 15)?
3. How I live it
In what difficult place in your life do you need to remember that Elohim is with you?
