Genesis 31:45
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.
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,
- KJV
- And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
- WEB
- Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
- ASV
- And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
- DARBY
- And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.
- BLB
- And Jacob took a stone and raised it up [as] a pillar.
- ÅB
- Da tok Jakob en stein og reiste den opp som en minnestein.
- OTB
- Så tok Jakob en stein og reiste den som en støtte.
- B1930
- Da tok Jakob en sten og reiste den op som en minnesten.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 28:18–22
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
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