Genesis 31:45
New International Version
So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

New Living Translation
So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a monument.

English Standard Version
So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

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

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

New King James Version
So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

New American Standard Bible
Then Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial stone.

NASB 1995
Then Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

NASB 1977
Then Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jacob took a stone and raised it up as a pillar.

Amplified Bible
So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a [memorial] pillar.

Christian Standard Bible
So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a marker.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a marker.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yaquuv took a stone and raised it as a monument.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Jacob having taken a stone, set it up for a pillar.

Contemporary English Version
After Jacob had set up a large rock,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a title:

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jacob took a stone and set it up as a marker.

Good News Translation
So Jacob got a stone and set it up as a memorial.

International Standard Version
So Jacob took a stone and raised it as a pillar.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

Literal Standard Version
And Jacob takes a stone, and lifts it up [for] a standing pillar;

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

New American Bible
Then Jacob took a stone and set it up as a sacred pillar.

NET Bible
So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.

New Revised Standard Version
So Jacob took a stone, and set it up as a pillar.

New Heart English Bible
Jacob took a stone, and set it up as a standing-stone.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up for a standing pillar;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jacob's Covenant with Laban
44Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.” 45So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar, 46and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.…

Cross References
Genesis 28:18
Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,

Genesis 31:46
and he said to his relatives, "Gather some stones." So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.

Genesis 35:14
So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him--a stone marker--and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.

Joshua 24:26
Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.

Joshua 24:27
And Joshua said to all the people, "You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God."


Treasury of Scripture

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

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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Genesis 31
1. Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban and his sons, departs secretly.
19. Rachel steals her father's household gods.
22. Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong.
34. Rachel's plan to hide the images.
36. Jacob's complaint of Laban.
43. The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed.














Verse 45. - And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar - or Matzebah, as a memorial or witness of the covenant about to be formed (ver. 52); a different transaction from the piling of the stone-heap next referred to (cf. Genesis 28:18; Joshua 24:27).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֖ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

picked out
וַיִּקַּ֥ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

a stone
אָ֑בֶן (’ā·ḇen)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 68: A stone

and set it up
וַיְרִימֶ֖הָ (way·rî·me·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

as a pillar,
מַצֵּבָֽה׃ (maṣ·ṣê·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4676: Something stationed, a column, an idol


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