Genesis 28:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.

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  • Gen 35:14 : 14 And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.
  • Gen 31:13 : 13 I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.
  • Gen 31:45 : 45 Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.
  • 1 Sam 7:12 : 12 Then Samuel took a stone and put it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah, naming it Eben-ezer, and saying, Up to now the Lord has been our help.
  • 2 Sam 18:18 : 18 Now Absalom, before his death, had put up for himself a pillar in the king's valley, naming it after himself; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and to this day it is named Absalom's pillar.
  • Num 7:1 : 1 And when Moses had put up the House completely, and had put oil on it and made it holy, with all the things in it, and had made the altar and all its vessels holy with oil;
  • Josh 24:26-27 : 26 And Joshua put these words on record, writing them in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and put it up there under the oak-tree which was in the holy place of the Lord. 27 And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.
  • Gen 22:3 : 3 And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word.
  • Ps 119:60 : 60 I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be wasted.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
  • Isa 19:19 : 19 In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the middle of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at the edge of the land.
  • Gen 35:20 : 20 And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.
  • Lev 8:10-12 : 10 And Moses took the holy oil and put it on the House and on all the things in it, to make them holy. 11 Seven times he put oil on the altar and on all its vessels, and on the washing-basin and its base, to make them holy. 12 And some of the oil he put on Aaron's head, to make him holy.

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  • Gen 35:13-15
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    13 Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.

    14 And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.

    15 And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

  • Gen 28:10-13
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    82%

    10 So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.

    11 And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

    12 And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.

    13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.

  • Gen 31:45-46
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    45 Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

    46 And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.

  • Gen 28:16-17
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    16 And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.

    17 And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.

  • Gen 28:19-22
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    19 And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.

    20 Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

    21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God,

    22 And this stone which I have put up for a pillar will be God's house: and of all you give me, I will give a tenth part to you.

  • Gen 35:1
    75%

    1 And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

  • Gen 35:3
    73%

    3 And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

  • Gen 35:20
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    20 And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.

  • Gen 31:13
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    13 I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

  • Gen 35:6-7
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    71%

    6 And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

    7 And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

  • Gen 19:27
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    27 And Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had been talking with the Lord:

  • Gen 29:1-3
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    1 Then Jacob went on his journey till he came to the land of the children of the East.

    2 And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.

    3 And all the flocks would come together there, and when the stone had been rolled away, they would give the sheep water, and put the stone back again in its place on the mouth of the water-hole.

  • Gen 12:8
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    8 And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.

  • Gen 31:51-52
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    51 And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;

    52 They will be witness that I will not go over these stones to you, and you will not go over these stones or this pillar to me, for any evil purpose.

  • Gen 29:10
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    10 Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

  • Gen 33:20
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    20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.

  • Gen 26:25
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    25 Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.

  • Gen 35:9
    68%

    9 Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

  • Gen 31:55
    67%

    55 And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.

  • Gen 31:17
    67%

    17 Then Jacob put his wives and his sons on camels;

  • Gen 31:21
    67%

    21 So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.

  • Gen 46:1
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    1 And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.