 | Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 pages
...dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 1 8 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the...of it. And he called the name of that place Beth-el : \jQt the name of that city was called Luz at the first. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1812 - 442 pages
...life, and few there are thatjind it." Indian Antiquities, vol. ii. p. 241. No. 16. — xxviii. 18. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the...for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.] One of the idols in the pagoda of Jaggernaut is described by Captain Hamilton, as a huge black stone,... | |
 | 1811 - 568 pages
...vision of 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... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1812 - 630 pages
...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... | |
 | 1813 - 1368 pages
...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 stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. And he called the name of that... | |
 | 1814 - 636 pages
...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...up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. Genesis, 28. 18. From hence, probably, arose the pagan practice of consecrating certain sacred stones,... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1857 - 1220 pages
...earth to heaven, 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... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1848 - 494 pages
...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,... | |
 | William Ward - 1815 - 588 pages
...; 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...for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it." The bramhuns anoint their stone images with oil before bathing, and some anoint them with sweet-scented... | |
 | 1815 - 706 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
