Genesis 31:46
And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones. And they took stones, and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.
47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
Cross References
Genesis 31:32With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live. Before our brethren discern what is thine with me, and take [it] to thee. But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
Genesis 31:54And Jacob offered a sacrifice upon the mountain, and invited his brethren to eat bread: and they ate bread, and lodged on the mountain.
Joshua 4:20And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
2 Samuel 18:17And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and raised a very great heap of stones upon him. And all Israel fled every one 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 →