Genesis 28:11 (WEB)
He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Catechism · 1
“God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 28:10-22.
Fathers and councils · 6
Justin Martyr
“And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone which he had placed under his head, and he set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it; and Jacob called the name of the place The House of God, and the name of the city formerly was Ulammaus.’ ”” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 10–19. [Οὐλαμλοὺζ. Sept. Luz Eng.]
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Augustine of Hippo
“This was figured in Jacob’s placing a stone at his head, and so sleeping.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 11–18.
Read the whole comment“…and in his sleep saw a mysterious dream, ladders rising from the earth to heaven, and Angels ascending and descending, and the Lord standing upon the ladder, he understood what it was designed to figure, and took the stone for a figure of Christ, to prove to us thereby that he was no stranger to the understanding of…” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 11, etc.
Read the whole comment“I mean in Genesis.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 11.
Read the whole comment“And Jacob called the name of that place the house of God.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 10–19.
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Jerome
“Yet as he lay there he beheld a ladder set up on the earth reaching to heaven and behold the Lord stood above it, and the angels ascended and descended on it; the lesson being thus taught that the sinner must not despair of salvation nor the righteous man rest secure in his virtue.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 11–13.
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