Genesis 31:46
and said to the members of his family, “Gather stones.” When they had taken stones and made a heap, they ate there by the heap.
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45So Jacob took a stone, and set it up as a pillar,
47Laban called it Jegar-sahaduthap, but Jacob called it Galeed.
Cross References
Genesis 31:32The one with whom you find your gods will be put to death; in the presence of our kinsmen investigate for yourself what is with me and take it.” Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen Laban’s gods.
Genesis 31:54Then Jacob offered a sacrifice there on the mountain and called his kinsmen to eat bread, and they ate bread and spent the night on the mountain.
Joshua 4:20The twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan were set up by Joshua at Gilgal.
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 →