Jacob's Pillar
by E. Raymond Capt
The scriptures are full of references to "stones", both literal and
symbolic. One such stone is identified as the stone upon which
the patriarch Jacob rested his head when he dreamed of the
heavenly ladder. This stone has not received the attention it
deserves from Bible scholars, because they generally assume it
was left where Jacob found it.
However, this is not the case. The stone that Jacob later
annointed with oil and declared to be "God's House" (Beht-El)
did not remain lost in the wilderness of Luz; it continued to
play an important part in the destiny of Jacob's descendants.