Genesis 35 · Verse 14

Genesis 35:14

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.
Genesis 35:14, King James Version

Genesis 35:14 in other translations

BSBSo Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
WEBJacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
ASVAnd Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon.
YLTAnd Jacob setteth up a standing pillar in the place where He hath spoken with him, a standing pillar of stone, and he poureth on it an oblation, and he poureth on it oil;
DARBYAnd Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had talked with him, a pillar of stone, and poured on it a drink-offering, and poured oil on it.
BBEAnd Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Genesis 35:14 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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; see on Lev 7:1 (note), etc. The pillar which Jacob set up was to commemorate the appearance of God to him; the drink-offering and the oil were intended to express his gratitude and devotion to his preserver. It was probably the same pillar which he had set up before, which had since been thrown down, and which he had consecrated afresh to God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 35:6-15

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 God in them. There Jacob buried Deborah, Rebekah's nurse. She died much lamented. Old servants in a family, that have in their time been faithful and useful, ought to be respected. God appeared to Jacob. He renewed the…

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Genesis 35:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּצֵּ֨בvai.ya.Tzevand he set upH5324
יַעֲקֹ֜בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
מַצֵּבָ֗הma.tze.Vaha pillarH4676
בַּמָּק֛וֹםba.ma.Komat the placeH4725
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whereH834
דִּבֶּ֥רdi.Berhe had spokenH1696
אִתּ֖וֹ'i.Towith himH854
מַצֶּ֣בֶתma.Tze.veta pillar ofH4678
אָ֑בֶן'A.venstoneH68
וַיַּסֵּ֤ךְvai.ya.Sekhand he poured outH5258
עָלֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Lei.haon itH5921
נֶ֔סֶךְNe.sekha drink offeringH5262
וַיִּצֹ֥קvai.yi.Tzokand he pouredH3332
עָלֶ֖יהָ'a.Lei.haon itH5921
שָֽׁמֶן\׃Sha.menoilH8081

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Cross references for Genesis 35:14

  • Genesis 28:18-19

    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 place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

  • Genesis 35:20

    And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

  • Genesis 31:45

    And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

  • Exodus 17:15

    And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH–nissi:

  • 1 Samuel 7:12

    Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben–ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
20; 28:18,19; Ex 17:15; 1Sa 7:12

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Context

  • Genesis 35:13

    And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

  • Genesis 35:14

    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.

  • Genesis 35:15

    And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth–el.

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Genesis 35:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Jacob erigió un título en el lugar donde había hablado con él, un título de piedra, y derramó sobre él libación, y echó sobre él aceite.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Jacob érigea une stèle au lieu où il avait parlé avec lui, une stèle de pierre, et il répandit dessus une libation, et y versa de l’huile.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jakob richtete ein Denkmal auf an dem Orte, wo er mit ihm geredet hatte, ein Denkmal von Stein, und spendete darauf ein Trankopfer und goß Öl darauf.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ille vero erexit titulum lapideum in loco quo locutus fuerat ei Deus: libans super eum libamina, et effundens oleum: