Genesis 31:45

And Jacob having taken a stone, set it up for a pillar.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

44Now then come, let me make a covenant, both I and thou, and it shall be for a witness between me and thee; and he said to him, Behold, there is no one with us; behold, God is witness between me and thee.

46And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they gathered stones and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap; and Laban said to him, This heap witnesses between me and thee to-day.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:18And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone + 28:18 Lit. put under. See 1 Tim. 3. 15.he had laid there by his head, and he set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on the top of 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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