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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 35:14

Jacob set up a pillar. — In doing this Jacob was imitating his previous action when God manifested Himself to him in his journey to Haran, Genesis 28:18. This consecration of it by pouring on it oil, and offering to God a drink-offering, was in itself natural and right. But as these memorial pillars were subsequently worshipped, they were expressly forbidden by the Mosaic Law, the word correctly rendered “pillar” in this place being translated standing image in Leviticus 26:1, and image in Deuteronomy 16:22.

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See also Genesis 35:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 35:14. _A DRINK-OFFERING_] נסך _nesech_, a _libation_. These were afterwards very common in all countries. At first they consisted probably of _water_ only, afterwards _wine_ was used;...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - The Death of Isaac 8. דברה _d__e__borâh_, Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון _'alôn_-_bākût_, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.” 16. כברה _kı̂brâh_, “length stretc

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JACOB GOES TO BETHEL, WHERE ELOHIM APPEARS TO HIM AS EL SHADDAI AND GIVES HIM THE NAME ISRAEL. This section is mainly from E and P. To P belong Genesis 35:6_ a_, Genesis 35:9; Genesis 35:15, the rest...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And Jacob_, &c. This verse, probably from J, contains a parallel account to that of E in Genesis 28:18. Jacob erects a pillar, or upright stone (_maṣṣêbah_): and this he consecrates with a libation o...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SET UP A PILLAR— For a monument and an altar, which he consecrated with the usual form, by pouring wine and oil upon it. Thus he dedicated the place to God, and, no doubt, performed all that he had vo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART FORTY-THREE THE STORY OF JACOB: INCIDENTS IN CANAAN (Genesis 34:1 to Genesis 35:28) The Biblical Account 1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob went out to see the daughters...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND GOD APPEARED UNTO JACOB AGAIN, WHEN HE CAME OUT OF PADAN-ARAM, AND BLESSED HIM._ God appeared unto Jacob again. God was pleased to make a new appearance to him after the solemn rites of devotion...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    35:14 up (f-4) Same Heb. word as 'standing' in ch. 18.2....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JACOB JOURNEYS BY WAY OF BETHEL TO HEBRON. DEATH OF RACHEL AND OF ISAAC 1. Jacob is commanded to go to Bethel and fulfil the vow he had once made there (Genesis 28:20; Genesis 28:22)....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A PILLAR] see on Genesis 28:18. A DRINK OFFERING] a libation of wine in token of thankfulness. Under the Law meat and drink offerings accompanied the burnt sacrifice....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּצֵּ֨ב יַעֲקֹ֜ב מַצֵּבָ֗ה בַּ † מָּקֹ֛ום...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    JACOB'S RETURN Genesis 35:1 "As for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way."- Genesis 48:7 The words of the Wrestler at the brook Jabbok, "Let me go, for the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JACOB BLESSED AT BETHEL Genesis 35:1 Thirty years before Jacob was at Bethel. Life was young then. He had only his staff. The future was unshaped and unknown. It was on the occasion of his first nigh...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Set up either a fresh altar, or restored the stone which he had formerly used for sacrifice. (St. Augustine q. 116.) --- Drink, wine. --- Oil. Theophrastus, speaking of a man addicted to superstition...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Every renewed token of JESUS' love, ought to beget in our hearts renewed thankfulness. If a gracious GOD at any time fulfils a promise, every gracious child would desire to act faith upon his faithful...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    14._And Jacob set up a pillar_. Though it is possible that he may again have erected a sacred monument, in memory of the second vision; yet I readily subscribe to the opinion of those who think that r...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 THROUGH 35. I have no doubt that in the two wives, as I have said, we have the Gentiles and Israel: Rachel first loved on the earth, but not possessed; but...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JACOB SET UP A PILLAR IN THE PLACE WHERE HE TALKED WITH HIM,.... He had set up a pillar in this place before he went to Padanaram, Genesis 28:18; and some, think this pillar is here referred to, a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, [even] a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. Ver. 14. _And Jacob set up a pillar._] Or...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And Jacob set up a pillar_ When he was going to Padan-aram he set up that stone which he had laid his head on for a pillow; but now he took time to erect one more stately and durable, probably insert...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 God sendeth Iacob to Bethel. 2 He purgeth his house of idols. 6 He buildeth an Altar at Bethel. 8 Deborah dieth at Allon Bachuth. 9 God blesseth Iacob at Bethel. 16 Rachel traueileth of Beniami...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, even a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink-offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. Jacob not only set this place apart, consecr...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord Blesses Jacob...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    4. _The departure to Bethel_. Genesis 35:1-8. AND GOD SAID TO JACOB.—The warning to depart comes from Elohim, and hence Knobel and Delitzsch regard the section in Genesis 1:35 as Elohistic, though Kno...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    BETHEL AT LAST Jacob knew he could not remain at Shechem, though it took a humiliating experience in his own house to drive him away from there. God speaks to him in no uncertain terms. He is to arise...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-15 The comfort the saints have in holy ordinances, is not so much from Beth-el, the house of God, as from El-beth-el, the God of the house. The ordinances are empty things, if we do not meet with G...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Either he repaired the old pillar set up by him, GENESIS 28:18, which was ruined by the injury of time, or by the neighbouring idolaters; or rather erected a new one, more stable and durable than he c...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "And God said unto Jacob. Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there." This confirms the principle on which we have been dwelling. When there is failure or declension, the Lord calls the soul back to Hims...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 35:14 Jacob H3290 up H5324 (H8686) pillar H4676 place H4725 talked H1696 (H8765) pillar H4678 stone...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. And he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.' This is the second pillar that Jacob has set up. Th...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    DRINK OFFERING The first mention of the drink-offering. It is not mentioned among the Levitical offerings of Leviticus 1-7, though included in the instructions for sacrifice in the land (Numbers 15:5...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jacob's return to Bethel and renewed communion. Death of Rachael. Birth of Benjamin. Death of Isaac. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Deborah, Rebekah, Rachael, Benjamin, Reuben, Bilhah, Isaac, Esau. CO...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 35:1. _And God said._ This is the fifth vision in which the Lord appeared to Jacob; it marks a special providence over his safety, by removing him from the vicinity of Shechem to a peaceful dw...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there_ JACOB’S SECOND JOURNEY TO BETHEL I. IT WAS UNDERTAKEN AT THE CALL OF GOD. II. IT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE SPIRIT OF OBEDIENCE AND CONSE...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 35:14 PILLAR. See note on 28:18. DRINK OFFERING. This is the only mention in...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 35:1 Jacob moves by stages from Shechem to Bethel, eventually coming to Hebron, where his father Isaac is still alive. Transformed by the experiences of Bethel and Peniel, Jaco...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 35:2. THE STRANGE GODS.] These were such as the _teraphim_ that Rachel had hidden (Genesis 31:19), and possibly other idolatrous images used by the Shechemites.— Genesis 35:4...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 35:1 AND GOD—Elohim. The employment of this name for the Deity throughout the present chapter has been deemed conclusive evidence that, with Rome Jehovistic alterations, it belongs...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And so God said to Jacob, Arise, and go up to Bethel (Genesis 35:1), Now Jacob is afraid. Hey, the kings are going to get together. They're going to attack me and wipe me out. And so "God is saying to...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Genesis 35:20 Genesis 28:18 Genesis 28:19 Exodus 17:15 1 Samuel 7:12

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And Jacob set up a pillar — When he was going to Padan — aram he set up that stone which he had laid his head on for a pillar; but now he took time to erect one more stately, and durable, probably ins...

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