The sun had already set when he came to a good place to spend the night. He took a rock there and laid his head on it to sleep.
We share in the many sufferings of Christ. In the same way, much comfort comes to us through Christ.
Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes to live in. The birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to rest.”
Jacob got up very early in the morning. He took the rock he had slept on and set it up on its edge. Then he poured oil on the rock. In this way he made it a memorial to God.
He told his men to find some more rocks and to make a pile of rocks. Then they ate beside the pile of rocks.
The sun began to go down and Abram got very sleepy. While he was asleep, a very terrible darkness came over him.
The name of that place was Luz, but Jacob named it Bethel.