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After waking up, Jacob exclaimed, "How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." Subsequently, he called the place Bethel, which translates to "House of God". He set up the stone he had slept on as a pillow, and consecrated it. He also made a vow to God in reference to his eventual return.
Depiction of Jacob's dream at Bethel, by Jusepe de Ribera. Bethel is mentioned several times in the Book of Genesis. It is first mentioned in Lech-Lecha (Genesis 12 and 13) [9] as a place near the place where Abram stayed and built an altar on his way to Egypt and on his return.
The angel of the Lord, in a dream back during the breeding season, told Jacob "Now lift your eyes and see [that] all the he goats mounting the animals are ringed, speckled, and striped, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you", [29] that he is the God whom Jacob met at Bethel, [30] and that Jacob should leave and go back to the land ...
Depiction of Jacob Wrestling with the Angel at Penuel, by Eugène Delacroix.. Penuel (or Pnuel; Hebrew: פְּנוּאֵל Pənūʾēl) is a place described in the Hebrew Bible as being not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan River and south of the river Jabbok in present-day Jordan.
The Stone of Scone being carried out from Edinburgh Castle in preparation for its use at the coronation in 2023 of Charles III. The Stone of Scone (/ ˈ s k uː n /; Scottish Gaelic: An Lia Fàil, meaning Stone of Destiny, also called clach-na-cinneamhuinn; Scots: Stane o Scone) is an oblong block of red sandstone that was used in the coronation of Scottish monarchs until the 13th century, and ...
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Luz is the ancient name of a royal Canaanite city, connected with Bethel (Genesis 28:19; 35:6). It is debated among scholars [1] whether Luz and Bethel represent the same town - the former the Canaanite name, and the latter the Hebrew name - or whether they were distinct places in close proximity to each other.