Genesis 35:14
“And 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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him,.... He had set up a pillar in this place before he went…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 35:1-29
- The Death of Isaac 8. דברה deborâh, Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.” 16.…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
A drink-offering - נסך nesech, a libation. These were afterwards very common in all countries. At first they consisted…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 35:6-15
Jacob and his retinue having safely arrived at Bethel, we are here told what passed there.
I. There he built an altar…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
And Jacob, &c. This verse, probably from J, contains a parallel account to that of E in Gen 28:18. Jacob erects a…
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