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Genesis 31:45

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

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KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

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

WEB World English Bible

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

ASV American Standard Version

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

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up for a standing pillar;

Surrounding context — Genesis 31

42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked [thee] yesternight.

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 brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

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

48 And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

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