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Genesis 28

The Foundation is Rest

86 words · May 4, 2025

וַיִּפְגַּ֨ע בַּמָּק֜וֹם וַיָּ֤לֶן שָׁם֙ כִּי־בָ֣א הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ וַיִּקַּח֙ מֵאַבְנֵ֣י הַמָּק֔וֹם וַיָּ֖שֶׂם מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב בַּמָּק֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃

He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the night, for the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of that place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place.
Genesis 28:11 (The Contemporary Torah, JPS 2006)

The great stone that becomes the symbol of the foundation of the house of God is introduced to us as a place Jacob lays his head.

To rest.

Jacob foundation rest stone

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