Genesis 31:45
in Genesis 31So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,
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ASV
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
KJV
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
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This verse in Genesis 31
Commentary
1 note on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּ֥ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֖ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| אָ֑בֶן | ʾaven | a stone | H68 → | 273 times |
| וַיְרִימֶ֖הָ | vayrimeha | and he raised up it | H7311 → | 190 times |
| מַצֵּבָֽה׃ | matzevah | a pillar | H4676 → | 32 times |
וַיִּקַּ֥חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
יַעֲקֹ֖בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
אָ֑בֶןa stone
ʾavenH68 →273 times
וַיְרִימֶ֖הָand he raised up it
vayrimehaH7311 →190 times
מַצֵּבָֽה׃a pillar
matzevahH4676 →32 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).