Pillow

A tired traveler, a stone for a head, and a night under open sky: that is Jacob at the start of Genesis 28. He “took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows.” He dreams, wakes, and the same stone becomes a pillar with oil poured on top, a marker of the place where God met him. The only other pillows are in Ezekiel 13, where the LORD speaks against women who sew pillows to all armholes and use them to hunt souls. Genesis 28:10-22 is the passage to read, and it is a good one.

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Genesis

Genesis 28:11

And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Genesis 28:18

And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 13:18

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

Ezekiel 13:20

Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.