And Jacob
Ya`aqob  (yah-ak-obe')
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch -- Jacob.

---

took
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)

---

a stone
'eben  (eh'-ben)
a stone -- + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).

---

and set it up
ruwm  (room)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

---

for a pillar
matstsebah  (mats-tsay-baw')
something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol -- garrison, (standing) image, pillar.New American Standard Bible
Then Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

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

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

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

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

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

King James 2000 Bible
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.Genesis 31:45
Genesis 31:45 NIV
Genesis 31:45 NLT
Genesis 31:45 ESV
Genesis 31:45 NASB
Genesis 31:45 KJV