Study it in the app“Jacob set up a standing stone in the place where he had spoken with him, a standing stone of stone; he poured out a libation on it and poured oil on it.”
Jacobיַעֲקֹבset upוַיַּצֵּבa standing stoneמַצֵּבָהin the placeבַּמָּקוֹםwhereאֲשֶׁרhe had spokenדִּבֶּרwith him,אִתּוֹa standing stoneמַצֶּבֶתof stone;אָבֶןhe poured outוַיַּסֵּךְa libationנֶסֶךְon itעָלֶיהָand pouredוַיִּצֹקoilשָׁמֶןon it.עָלֶיהָ
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearsset up
To set something up so that it stays firm, like a pillar or a wall of water.
Where else “yatsev” appearsstanding stone
Standing stone: a stone set upright as a memorial of something, of a meeting with God or of a covenant. Later laws forbid the standing stones of Canaanite worship, which were objects of worship.
Where else “matseva” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsstanding stone
A pillar of rock raised as a sign or memorial.
Where else “matsevet” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “aven” appearspour out
To offer wine or water by emptying it before God.
Where else “yasech” appearslibation
Wine or other drink poured as an offering.
Where else “nesech” appearspour
To pour a liquid over something or into something.
Where else “yitsok” appearsoil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shamen” appears13Then Elohim went up from him at the place where he had spoken with him.
14 · This verse (above)
15Jacob called the name of the place where Elohim had spoken with him Bethel.
1. What it says
What did Elohim tell Jacob to do at Bethel, and what did his household leave behind (vv. 1-4)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Jacob that he asks his household to put away the foreign gods (vv. 2-3)?
3. How I live it
What gets in the way of your trust in Elohim, and could you leave it behind?
