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NASB | Genesis 28:18 ¶ So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on its top. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 28:18 ¶ So Jacob got up early in the morning, and took the stone he had put under his head and he set it up as a pillar [that is, a monument to the vision in his dream], and he poured [olive] oil on the top of it [to consecrate it]. |
Subject: The Rock of Israel in the Wilderness? |
Bible Note: Hi Searcher, You wrote: “His vow (vv 22-22) is trying to make a deal with God.” And 20 years later the Lord remembered that vow in Genesis 31:13, “I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you vowed a vow to Me. Now arise, get out from this land and return to your native land.” You wrote: “Again it is a "spiritual rock" not phyiscal. Be careful how you read a verse ... understand the context.” You did not answer the question that I asked. I fully understand that 1 Corinthians 10:4 refers to a “spiritual Rock” and that Rock is Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ is not a literal stone. There is a literal stone from which the Israelites were given drink during their time in the wilderness and that literal rock is clearly symbolic of Jesus Christ. Scripture records two instances were the Lord supernaturally provided water to the Israelites from a literal rock. Is it the same stone that Jacob anointed and named “the house of God?” If not, then why did Jacob-Israel refer to Jesus Christ as “the Rock of Israel” as recorded in Genesis 49:24 and for what purpose did Jacob anoint or dedicate this stone? Jim Estes |