In the story of Jacob's name is not Jerusalem, it is true in any way. The place where the Patriarch stopped to spend the night is not designated otherwise by this simple word <i> makom </i>, the place <ref> Genesis XYVIII, 11. </Ref>. But the very name by which the Mount Moriah is indicated in the story of Abraham's test: "He saw the place far <ref> Ibid. XXII, 4. </Ref>. Moses is also used to discuss the future site of the Temple: "There will be the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place his name <ref> Deuteronomy XII, 11. </Ref> ". At the end of the Song of the Red Sea, when it comes to the sanctuary of Jerusalem, is a word not only synonymous but there is etymologically identical alludes: "The place (<i> Nakhon < / i>) prepared for Thy house, O Lord! <ref> Exodus, XV, 17. </Ref> "
In Jewish tradition, as evidenced in particular <i> Bereschith Rabba </i> and the old rabbinical commentators such as Rashi, Nahmanides are unanimous in saying that the place of vision <ref> Page 520 </ref> Jacob n is other than Jerusalem. The criticism even tighter spot Lus Bethel or question in this passage only twelve miles from the holy city. However, if there was a religious tradition that has been told to Jacob, speaking of this town: "This is the house of God and the gate of heaven," they certainly have taken that into account when he acted to build the Temple in such a short distance. But that's not all: the story of Jacob does not say at what exact spot was placed on the ground level he saw in his vision, assuming that he himself was not held that the sanctuary was to occupy later.