Genesis 31:45

So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

44Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”

46and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:18Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on 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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