...priest begins thus, the clerks following him. "Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it, and vowed a vow. Surely this place is holy, nd I knew it not." Then Ict the cxsvii. Psalm be read, " Except...

...the celestial Wrfcr, recorded in Scripture, ' took the stone which he had put for hi* •• pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.' I* is added, that he called the name of that place BETH-EL; that is, 'the houtc of God,' as the patriarch...

...How dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the...upon the top of it. And he called the name of that place Beth-el." I noticed an ancient pool here, which had water in it ; and on a hill at a distance,...

...sidereal ladder of seven gates, upon which the souls of men were represented ascending and descending. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. Genesis, 28. 18. From hence,...

...with the angels of God ascending and descending thereon, took the stone he had used for his pillow, and " set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it." (Gen. xxviii. IS.) From the correspondence of the olive may be seen the spiritual •meaning and beauty...

...earth to heaven,— the Lord standing above it, — when he arose in the morning, he set up the stone for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it, and he call, d the name of that place Bethel, which, in the Hebrew language, means the House of God. The corner-stone,...

...; such as, " Be tbou the mother of a son." " Be thou the wife of a king," &c. Genesis xxviii. 18. " Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it." The bramhuns anoint their stone...

...dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put^br his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called...

...may be observed in the Holy Scripture. Thus Jacob, after his dream, " rose up early in the morn" ing, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows,...a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it*." And afterwards, in alluding to it, the angel says to him : " I am the God of Bethel, where " thou anointedst...

...may be observed in the Holy Scripture. Thus Jacob, after his dream, " rose up early in the morn" ing, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows,...a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it*." And afterwards, in alluding to it, the angel says to him : " I am the God of Bethel, where " thou anointedst...