Genesis 31:45

45 Then Jacob took a stone and set it up for 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 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these sons are my sons, and these sheep are my sheep, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their sons unto whom they have given birth?

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 Then 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 a heap; and they ate there upon the heap.

47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.