Genesis 31:45

Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

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And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

In Context

44Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.

46And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:18And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:44-55

Jacob's Covenant with Laban. ( b. c. 1739.) 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his… Read the whole commentary →

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