Genesis 31:45

45 So Jacob ¹took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

Genesis 31:45 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:45

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.
] To show his readiness to agree to the motion, he immediately took a large stone that lay upon the mount, and set it up on one end, to be a standing monument or memorial of the agreement now about to be made between them.

Genesis 31:45 In-Context

43 Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day for these my daughters or for their children whom they have borne?

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

45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

46 And Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones. ” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

Cross References

• 1. 31:45 ch. 28:18