And 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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Et Jacob se leva de bon matin; il prit la pierre dont il avait fait son chevet, il la dressa pour monument, et il versa de l'huile sur son sommet.
KJV
And 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.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
eded the Law. For we read ( Gn. 13:18 ) that "Abraham . . . built . . . an altar to the Lord"; and ( Gn. 28:18 ) that "Jacob . . . took the stone . . . and set it up for a title, pouring oil upon the top of it." Therefore the legal ceremonies preceded the Law. Objection 3: Furthe…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 136 (Migne)
tiae eas enecet sitis. Jacob caput in lapide ponens, eumdemque fuso desuper oleo in titulum erigens (Gen. XXVIII, 18) , nonne tibi evidentissime [Note: [Col. 0287D] Quam prolixa et obscura haec periodus. Construe: non ne pandit tibi evidentissime, (te) cum vacando dormitas a curi…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 159 (Migne)
xit, inquit, Jacob lapidem in titulum, fundens oleum desuper, et dixit, vere locus iste sanctus est (Gen. XXVIII, 18), » et enumeratis quae viderat coelestibus mysteriis obstupefactus addidit: «Quam terribilis est locus iste, non est hic aliud nisi domus Dei et porta coeli (Ibid.…
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