Genesis 31 · Verse 51

Genesis 31:51

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

Genesis 31:51, King James Version

Genesis 31:51 in other translations

BSB	Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.
WEB	Laban said to Jacob, “See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.
ASV	And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee.
YLT	And Laban saith to Jacob, ‘Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee;
DARBY	And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and thee:
BBE	And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;
Webster	And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

What does Genesis 31:51 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 51 And Laban said to Jacob - behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee - But this pillar, not cast but set up, was certainly set up by Jacob; for in Gen 31:45 we read, And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar: it is therefore for the honor of one Hebrew and one Samaritan MS. that they have preserved the true reading in Gen 31:51, ירית yaritha, Thou hast set up - Kennicott. Instead of either of the above readings the Samaritan text has yarata, The pillar which thou Seest betwixt me and thee.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 31:43-55

Laban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to own himself in fault, as he ought to have done. But he proposes a covenant of friendship between them, to which Jacob readily agrees. A heap of stones was raised, to keep up the memory of the event, writing being then not known or little used. A sacrifice of peace offerings was offered. Peace…

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Genesis 31:51 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559

לָבָ֖ןla.VanLabanH3837

לְיַעֲקֹ֑בle.ya.'a.Koto JacobH3290

הִנֵּ֣ה\׀hi.Nehhere!H2009

הַגַּ֣לha.Galthe heapH1530

הַזֶּ֗הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

וְהִנֵּה֙ve.hi.Nehand here!H2009

הַמַצֵּבָ֔הha.ma.tze.Vahthe pillarH4676

אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834

יָרִ֖יתִיya.Ri.tiI have set upH3384

בֵּינִ֥יbei.Nibetween meH996

וּבֵינֶֽךָ\׃u.vei.Ne.khaand between youH996

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I have cast.For {yarithi,} "I have set up," we may read yaritha, "Thou hast set up," with one Heb. and one Sam. MS: see ver. 45.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Genesis 31:50
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
Genesis 31:51
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
Genesis 31:52
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

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Genesis 31:51 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Dijo más Labán á Jacob: He aquí este majano, y he aquí este título, que he erigido entre mí y ti.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Laban dit à Jacob: Voici ce monceau, et voici la stèle que j’ai élevée entre moi et toi;
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Laban sprach zu Jakob: Siehe, dieser Haufe, und siehe, das Denkmal, das ich errichtet habe zwischen mir und dir:
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Dixitque rursus ad Jacob: En tumulus hic, et lapis quem erexi inter me et te,