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Ifaac , having laid down to fleep, God appeared to 
him in a Dream 5 and, when he rofe up in the Morn- 
ing, it is faid, that he took the Stone which he had 
put for his Billow* and fet it up for a Pillar , and 
poured Oil upon the Top of it , and he called the 
Name of thatPlace BETHEL (Gen. xxviii. 18. 22.) ; 
which Word literally lignifics in Englifh, GOT)'s 
Houfe. Again, when facob and Laban made a 
Covenant together, facob took a St one, and fet it up 
for a Pillar , and probably poured Oil thereon, by 
way of dedicating it to God, as he had done before ; 
for that Mofes made ufe of Oil in the Dedication of 
the Tabernacle, and Altar, and Vefiels, Lee. is plain 
from Lev. viii. 10, Lee. And in this Place, when 
facob and Laban had finifhed their Covenant, it is 
obferved, that Jacob offered up a Sacrifice (Gen. 
xxxi. 45. 54.). Again when Jacob afterwards fled 
from the Shechemites , God appeared unto him 5 and 
in the Place where God talked with him, it is faid, 
that he fet up a Pillar , even a Pillar of Stone, and 
poured a Drink-offering thereon , and he poured Oil 
thereon . And Jacob called the Name of the Place 
where GOD fpake with him , BET HE L ( Gen . xxxv. 
9. 1 5.). And hence thefe Stones, which were ereded 
as Marks of thefe Places having been dedicated to 
God, came to be called Bethels ; and, by a corrupt 
Pronunciation of the Word, they were in Greek 
called BadvAia (vide Sanchoniatho). Which is the 
Reafon why that Stone, which Rhea is fuppofed to 
have given Saturn to fwallow inflead of a Child, is 
called BaduAos 5 2nd not becaufe it was coveted with 
a woollen Garment, which is called Barnj in Greek , 
as Hefy chins pretends. Hefych. Etym. 
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