Genesis 31:46

And 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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In The King James Version

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

In Context

45Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

47And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:32As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.

Genesis 31:54And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain.

Joshua 4:20And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.

2 Samuel 18:17And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.

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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