Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:44-47

44So nowH6258 comeH1980, let us 1makeH3772 a covenantH1285, 2you and I, and 3let it be a witnessH5707 betweenH996 4you and me.”

45Then JacobH3290 tookH3947 5a stoneH68 and setH7311 it up as a pillarH4676.

46JacobH3290 saidH559 to his 6kinsmenH251, “GatherH3950 stonesH68.” So they tookH3947 stonesH68 and madeH6213 a heapH1530, and they ateH398 thereH8033 by the heapH1530.

47Now LabanH3837 7calledH7121 it 8Jegar-sahaduthaH3026, but JacobH3290 calledH7121 it 9GaleedH1567.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 31:44 Gen 21:27, 32; 26:28 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 31:44 Lit I and you ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 31:44 Josh 24:27 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 31:44 Lit me and you ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 31:45 Gen 28:18; Josh 24:26, 27 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 31:46 Lit brothers ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 31:47 Josh 22:34 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 31:47 I.e. the heap of witness, in Aram ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 31:47 I.e. the heap of witness, in Heb ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 31

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