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Genesis 28:18

Genesis 28:18

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rose up: Genesis 22:3; Psalms 119:60; Ecclesiastes 9:10

and took: The practice of setting up stones as a memorial by travellers still exists in Persia, and other parts of the East.

set it: Genesis 31:13, Genesis 31:45, Genesis 35:14, Genesis 35:20; Joshua 24:26-27; 1 Samuel 7:12; 2 Samuel 18:18; Isaiah 19:19

poured: Leviticus 8:10-12; Numbers 7:1

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