Genesis 31:46

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.

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  • Gen 31:23 : 23 And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.
  • Gen 31:32 : 32 As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.
  • Gen 31:37 : 37 Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.
  • Gen 31:54 : 54 And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain.
  • Josh 4:5-9 : 5 And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel: 6 So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones? 7 Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever. 8 So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there. 9 And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.
  • Josh 4:20-24 : 20 And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal. 21 And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones? 22 Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land. 23 For the Lord your God made the waters of Jordan dry before you till you had gone across, as he did to the Red Sea, drying it up before us till we had gone across: 24 So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the hand of the Lord is strong; and that they may go in fear of the Lord your God for ever.
  • Josh 7:26 : 26 And over him they put a great mass of stones, which is there to this day; then the heat of the Lord's wrath was turned away. So that place was named, The Valley of Achor, to this day.
  • 2 Sam 18:17 : 17 And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.
  • Eccl 3:5 : 5 A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 31:44-45
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    83%

    44 Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.

    45 Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

  • Gen 31:51-54
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    80%

    51 And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;

    52 They will be witness that I will not go over these stones to you, and you will not go over these stones or this pillar to me, for any evil purpose.

    53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.

    54 And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain.

  • Gen 31:47-48
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    77%

    47 And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.

    48 And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,

  • Gen 28:11
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    11 And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

  • Gen 35:14-15
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    14 And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.

    15 And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

  • Gen 29:2-4
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    72%

    2 And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.

    3 And all the flocks would come together there, and when the stone had been rolled away, they would give the sheep water, and put the stone back again in its place on the mouth of the water-hole.

    4 Then Jacob said to the herdmen, My brothers, where do you come from? And they said, From Haran.

  • Gen 28:18
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    18 And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.

  • Gen 31:25
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    25 Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • Gen 26:30
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    30 Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.

  • Gen 29:22
    70%

    22 And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.

  • Gen 27:17
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    17 And she gave into the hand of Jacob, her son, the meat and the bread which she had made ready.

  • Gen 31:23
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    23 And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • Gen 35:1
    70%

    1 And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

  • Gen 35:20
    68%

    20 And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.

  • Gen 29:10
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    10 Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

  • Gen 35:27
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    27 And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.

  • Gen 18:8
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    8 And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.

  • 1 Kgs 18:31
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    31 And Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, Israel will be your name:

  • Gen 31:4
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    4 And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

  • Gen 35:4
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    4 Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.

  • Gen 35:7
    67%

    7 And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

  • Gen 31:1
    67%

    1 Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.