And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put [them for] his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Il arriva dans un lieu où il passa la nuit; car le soleil était couché. Il y prit une pierre, dont il fit son chevet, et il se coucha dans ce lieu-là.
KJV
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put [them for] his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Philo Judaeus
De Somniis (lib. i-ii)
λωται. σκεπτέον δὲ τὸ τρίτον καὶ ἀκόλουθον, τίς ὁ τόπος, ᾧ ὑπαντᾷ· λέγεται γάρ, ὅτι „ἀπήντησε τόπῳ“ (Gen. 28, 11). τριχῶς δὲ ἐπινοεῖται τόπος, ἅπαξ μὲν χώρα ὑπὸ σώματος πεπληρωμένη, κατὰ δεύτερον δὲ τρόπον ὁ θεῖος λόγος, ὃν ἐκπεπλήρωκεν ὅλον δι’ ὅλων ἀσωμάτοις δυνάμεσιν αὐτὸς ὁ θ…
Philo Judaeus
De Somniis (lib. i-ii)
αταλήπτου θεοῦ. τούτων προδιωρισμένων, ὅταν εἰς Χαρράν, τὴν αἴσθησιν, ἔλθῃ ὁ ἀσκητής, „ὑπαντᾷ τόπῳ“ (Gen. 28,11), οὔτε τῷ ἐκπεπληρωμένῳ ὑπὸ σώματος θνητοῦ — μετέχουσι γὰρ αὐτοῦ πάντες οἱ γηγενεῖς ἐκπεπληρωκότες χώραν καὶ τόπον τινὰ κατὰ τἀναγκαῖον ἐπέχοντες — οὔτε τῷ τρίτῳ καὶ ἀρ…
Philo Judaeus
De Somniis (lib. i-ii)
ούσας ψυχὰς ἐντυχεῖν αὐτῷ. Τὴν δ’ αἰτίαν ἐπιφέρει, δι’ ἣν τόπῳ ὑπήντησεν· „ἔδυ“ γάρ φησιν „ὁ ἥλιος“ (Gen. 28, 11), οὐχ ὁ φαινόμενος οὗτος, ἀλλὰ τὸ τοῦ ἀοράτου καὶ μεγίστου θεοῦ περιφεγγέστατον καὶ περιαυγέστατον φῶς. τοῦθ’ ὅταν μὲν ἐπιλάμψῃ διανοίᾳ, τὰ δεύτερα λόγων δύεται φέγγη,…
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