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GENESIS 31:45
KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.”
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Genesis 31:45 Translation & Meaning
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
“And Jacob” | יַֽעֲקֹ֖ב | Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch | Jacob |
“took” | וַיִּקַּ֥ח | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | took |
“a stone,” | אָ֑בֶן | A stone | stone |
“and set it up” | וַיְרִימֶ֖הָ | To be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively) | set up |
“for” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
“a pillar.” | מַצֵּבָֽה׃ | Something stationed, i.e., a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol | pillar |
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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 Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
Sources:
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