Genesis 31:46
and Jacob says to his brothers, “Gather stones,” and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap;
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In Context
45And Jacob takes a stone, and lifts it up [for] a standing pillar;
47and Laban calls it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob has called it Galeed.
Cross References
Genesis 31:32with whomsoever you find your gods—he must not live; before our brothers discern for yourself what [is] with me, and take to yourself”: and Jacob has not known that Rachel has stolen them.
Genesis 31:54And Jacob sacrifices a sacrifice on the mountain, and calls to his brothers to eat bread, and they eat bread, and lodge on the mountain;
Joshua 4:20and these twelve stones, which they have taken out of the Jordan, Joshua has raised up in Gilgal.
2 Samuel 18:17and they take Absalom and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and set up a very great heap of stones over him, and all Israel has fled—each 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 →