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BrLXXΚαὶ ἀνέστη Ἰακὼβ τὸ πρωῒ, καὶ ἔλαβε τὸν λίθον, ὃν ὑπέθηκεν ἐκεῖ πρὸς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸν στήλην, καὶ ἐπέχεεν ἔλαιον ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον αὐτῆς. (Kai anestaʸ Yakōb to prōi, kai elabe ton lithon, hon hupethaʸken ekei pros kefalaʸs autou, kai estaʸsen auton staʸlaʸn, kai epeⱪeʼen elaion epi to akron autaʸs. )
BrTrAnd Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone [fn]he had laid there by his head, and he set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
ULTThen in the morning Jacob got up early, and he took the stone that he had put under his head and stood it up as a pillar, and he poured oil on its top.
USTEarly the next morning Jacob got up, took the stone that he had used as a pillow and set it up on its end to mark the place where God had appeared to him. Then he poured someolive oil on top of the stone to dedicate the place to God.
BSB § Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,
OEBSo Jacob rose early in the morning and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil upon the top of it.
WEBBEJacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.
NETEarly in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it.
LSVAnd Jacob rises early in the morning, and takes the stone which he has made his pillows, and makes it a standing pillar, and pours oil on its top,
FBVWhen Jacob got up in the morning he took the stone he'd put under his head and set it upright as a stone pillar and poured some olive oil on it.
T4TIn the morning Jacob got up and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up on its end to show that the place was a holy place. He poured some olive oil on top of the stone to dedicate it to God.
LEBAnd Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a stone pillar, and poured oil on top of it.
BBEAnd 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.
JPSAnd Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
ASVAnd Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
DRAAnd Jacob, arising in the morning, took the stone, which he had laid under his head, and set it up for a title, pouring oil upon the top of it.
YLTAnd Jacob riseth early in the morning, and taketh the stone which he hath made his pillows, and maketh it a standing pillar, and poureth oil upon its top,
DrbyAnd Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had made his pillow, and set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
RVAnd Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
WbstrAnd Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
KJB-1769And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
KJB-1611And Iacob rose vp earely in the morning, and tooke the stone that hee had put for his pillowes, and set it vp for a pillar, and powred oile vpon the top of it. (And Yacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillowes, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.)
BshpsAnd Iacob rose vp early in the mornyng, and toke the stone that he hadde layed vnder his head, and pitched it vpon an ende, and powred oyle in the toppe of it. (And Yacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had laid under his head, and pitched it upon an end, and poured oil in the top of it.)
GnvaThen Iaakob rose vp early in the morning, and tooke the stone that hee had layde vnder his head, and set it vp as a pillar, and powred oyle vpon the top of it. (Then Yacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had laid under his head, and set it up as a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. )
CvdlAnd Iacob arose early in the mornynge, and toke the stone that he had layed vnder his heade, and set it vp, and poured oyle vpon it. (And Yacob arose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had laid under his heade, and set it up, and poured oil upon it.)
WyclTherfor Jacob roos eerli, and took the stoon which he hadde put vndur his heed, and reiside in to a title, and helde oile aboue. (Therefore Yacob rose early, and took the stone which he had put under his heed, and reiside in to a title, and held oil above.)
LuthUnd Jakob stund des Morgens frühe auf und nahm den Stein, den er zu seinen Häupten gelegt hatte, und richtete ihn auf zu einem Mal und goß Öl oben drauf. (And Yakob stood the morning early on and took the Stein, the he to his Häupten gelegt had, and richtete him/it on to one Mal and poured/cast Öl above on_it.)
ClVgSurgens ergo Jacob mane, tulit lapidem quem supposuerat capiti suo, et erexit in titulum, fundens oleum desuper.[fn] (Surgens therefore Yacob mane, took lapidem which supposuerat capiti suo, and erexit in titulum, fundens oil desuper. )
28.18Surgens ergo, etc. AUG., Q. in Gen., tom. 3 Quod erexit Jacob, lapidem quem capiti supposuerat in titulum, et superfudit oleum, nihil fecit idolol triæ simile: quia non vel tunc vel postea frequentavit lapidem adorando aut ei sacrificando; sed signum fuit et prophetia pertinens ad unctionem, unde Christus dicitur.
28.18Surgens therefore, etc. AUG., Q. in Gen., tom. 3 That erexit Yacob, lapidem which capiti supposuerat in titulum, and superfudit oleum, nihil he_did idolol triæ simile: because not/no or tunc or postea frequentavit lapidem adorando aut to_him sacrificando; but signum fuit and prophetia pertinens to unctionem, whence Christus it_is_said.
and=he/it_took DOM the,stone which/who put under_~_head,his
See how you translated stone and under his head in verse 11. Alternate translation: “took the stone that he had used as a headrest”
וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֹתָ֖הּ
and=he/it_assigned DOM=her/it
Alternate translation: “and stood it up on its end”
מַצֵּבָ֑ה
pillar
The word pillar refers here to a stone that is used to commemorate something. In this case, Jacob used a stone to mark and help him remember the place where God had appeared to him. Alternate translation: “as a marker,” or “as a memorial stone,” or “to mark that place where God had appeared to him.”
In Bible times people poured olive oil on a person’s head or on objects (as here) to dedicate that person or object to God. Make sure that the way you translate oil does not refer to motor oil. Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “Then he poured some olive oil on top of the pillar to dedicate the place to God.”
While Isaac’s family was at Beersheba, Jacob stole Esau’s birthright, and Esau made plans to kill Jacob once his father had passed away. When Rebekah found out about Esau’s plan, she told Jacob to flee to her family in Paddan-aram (also called Aram-naharaim, meaning “Aram of the two rivers”) and garnered Isaac’s support by telling him that she was concerned that Jacob might marry one of the local Canaanite woman. So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram to find a wife there, much like Abraham had sent his servant Eleazar to this area to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:10). Jacob left Beersheba and headed for Haran in Paddan-aram, and as night fell he stopped at a town called Luz. There he slept with his head resting on a stone and dreamed of a staircase to heaven with angels ascending and descending it. The Lord also spoke to him and reaffirmed his promise to give Canaan to his descendants. The Lord also promised to bring Jacob back to Canaan from Haran. When Jacob woke from his sleep, he declared the place to be the house of God and renamed it Bethel (meaning, “house of God”). Later Bethel appears to have served as an early location of the Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land (Judges 20; see “The Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land” map). From Bethel Jacob continued on to the general area of Haran, likely following the same route in reverse that he followed upon his return journey to Canaan from Haran (Genesis 31-35). Sometime before Jacob returned, however, Esau moved away from Canaan and settled in Seir (Genesis 32:3; 36:1-8; ; see “Edom and the Land of Seir” map).
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
