קבלה אויף בראשית 28:11

AND JACOB WENT OUT PROM BEER-SHEBA AND WENT TOWARD HARAN. R. Hiya drew a parallel between this statement and the verse: The sun ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth (Eccles. 1, 5). ‘The sun arising’, he said, ‘is parallel to Jacob when in Beersheba; and “the sun going down” to Jacob on his way to Haran, when, as we read, “he tarried there all night, because the sun was set”; and as the “sun hasteth to his place where he ariseth”, so Jacob “lay down in that place to sleep”.

R. Hiya said: ‘This is the place mentioned in the verse, “and he hasteth to his place’ (Eccl. 1, 5). AND TARRIED THERE ALL NIGHT, BECAUSE THE SUN CAME , i.e. came to illumine it, as it says: “he hasteth to his place where he shines”.

AND HE TOOK OF THE STONES OF THE PLACE. This is an allusion to the twelve precious and wondrous stones of the upper layer, of which it is written, “Take you… twelve stones” (Josh. 4, 3), and underneath which there are thousands and myriads of hewn stones. Hence it says “of the stones”, and not simply “the stones.