Objects

pillar

Jacob sets up stone pillars at Bethel and at Galeed as covenant witnesses with Laban, raises a standing-stone at Bethel in Genesis 35, and marks Rachel's grave with a monument.

Category

Objects

First mention

Genesis 28:18

Tags

2

Genesis 28, 31, 35Worship marker

Scripture references

  • Genesis 28:18

    Jacob took the stone he had used for his pillow, and set it up as a pillar, pouring oil over the top of it.

  • Genesis 28:22

    This stone I have set up as a pillar is to be a house of God,

  • Genesis 31:13

    I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you poured oil on a pillar and made a vow to me.

  • Genesis 31:51

    Then Laban said to Jacob, 'Here is this cairn I have thrown up between us, and here the pillar.

  • Genesis 31:52

    This cairn is a witness, and the pillar is a witness, that I am not to cross to your side of this cairn and you are not to cross to my side of this cairn and pillar, with hostile intent.

  • Genesis 35:14

    Jacob raised a monument at the spot where he had spoken to him, a standing-stone, on which he made a libation and poured oil.

  • Genesis 35:20

    Jacob raised a monument on her grave, that same monument of Rachel's Tomb which is there today.