Jacob's Pillow (English, name)
expansion: Jacob's Pillow
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topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The stone mentioned in the Book of Genesis as having been used as a pillow by the Israelite patriarch Jacob at the place later called Bet-El. Since Jacob had a vision in his sleep, he then consecrated the stone to God. More recently, the stone has been claimed by Scottish folklore and British Israelism.
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