 | Noah Webster - 1823 - 384 pages
...the multitude, he went up into a mountain" — that is, any mountain — indeterminate. " And Jacob took the stone that he had put for his pillow and set it up for a pillar" — that is, any pillar, indeterminate — Examples might be multiplied without end. And now what becomes... | |
 | 1824 - 412 pages
...Abraham got up early in the morning, to the place where he stood before the Lord." — (Gen. xix. 27) ,, Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone...put for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and vowed a vow." — (Gen. xxviii. 18.) ,, Moses rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar".... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1824 - 766 pages
...over with certain unknown characters. It is attested by much better authority, that the patriarch " 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," (Gen. xxviii. 18,) which sufficiently... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 480 pages
...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 stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it. And he called the name of that... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 650 pages
...Scriptures, Genesis, chap. 28, verse 18 : " And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it." Other authorities might be adduced ; but, while we have in England a Stonehenge,... | |
 | Robert Morehead - 1825 - 480 pages
...flesh is grass, 15 SERMON III. On the Dedication of Places of Public Worship. GENESIS, xxviii. 18. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put up for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it ; and he called the... | |
 | Thomas Dudley Fosbroke - 1825 - 508 pages
...man3. LOGGAN. See MAEN SIGL (infra). MAEN-HIR. MEINI-HIRION. MEINI-GWYR. A pillar of memorial. "And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had used for a pillow, and set it up fora pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it." And again: "Jacob... | |
 | Frederick Nolan - 1826 - 292 pages
...in Isidor. vit. ap. Phot. Cod. cclxii. Scalig. Animadv. in Euseb. n. MMCL. 267 Gen. xxviii. 18. 19. early in the morning, and took the stone that he had...up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. And he called the name of that place Beth el. "m " And on a subsequent occasion it is recorded ; that... | |
 | 1822 - 608 pages
...particular event, of which, Scripture-history furnishes ns with numerous instances. — "And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone that he had put...pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon it." — Gen. xxviii. 18. The loose heap of stones, or Cairn, was also commemorative of some important... | |
 | 1852 - 1174 pages
...with God's ancient people. When Jacob left his father's house, and tarried all night at Bethel, he " rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that...had put for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar ;" it thenceforth became a spot and a season most dear to his remembrance. Yea, even Jehovah Himself... | |
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And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 
