Genesis 31:46

Genesis 31:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
• New International Version (NIV)He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Jacob said to his kinsmen, "Gather stones." And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jacob said to his brethren, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap.

Context of Genesis 31:46

44So now come, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me.” 45Then Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones.” So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap. 47Now Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed. 48Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore it was named Galeed,

Genesis 31:46 word by word

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֤ב לְאֶחָיו֙ לִקְט֣וּ אֲבָנִ֔ים וַיִּקְח֥וּ אֲבָנִ֖ים וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־גָ֑ל וַיֹּ֥אכְלוּ שָׁ֖ם עַל־הַגָּֽל׃Read the interlinear

• Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• kinsmenאָח'âch · brother: male-relativeH251
• Gatherלָקַטlâqaţ · to gatherH3950
• stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• So they tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• and madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• a heapגַּלgal · heapH1530
• and they ateאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033

Cross-references for Genesis 31:46

• Genesis 31:23then he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him a distance of seven days’ journey, and he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
• Joshua 4:5and Joshua said to them, “Cross again to the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel.
• Joshua 7:26They raised over him a great heap of stones that stands to this day, and the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the valley of Achor to this day.
• 2 Samuel 18:17They took Absalom and cast him into a deep pit in the forest and erected over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.
• Ecclesiastes 3:5A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
• Genesis 4:5but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell.
• Genesis 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts.
• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.”
• Genesis 3:20Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.
• 1 Samuel 7:16He used to go annually on circuit to Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places.
• 1 Samuel 10:8And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings. You shall wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you should do.”
• 1 Samuel 10:17Thereafter Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah;
• 1 Samuel 11:15So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they also offered sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
• 1 Samuel 13:7Also some of the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
• 1 Samuel 15:33But Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.
• 1 Samuel 19:15Then Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on his bed, that I may put him to death.”

Commentaries on Genesis 31:46

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 46Made a heap - גל gal, translated heap, signifies properly a round heap; and this heap was probably made for the double purpose of an altar and a table, and Jacob's stone or pillar was set on it for the purpose of a memorial.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-55Verses 1-55 - Jacob‘s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים terāpı̂ym Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the Pentateuch. It is always in the plural number. The root does not appear in Biblical Hebrew. It perhaps means “to live well,” intransitively (Gesenius, Roedig.), “to nourish,” transitively (Furst). The teraphim were symbols or representatives of the Deity, as Laban calls…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 43-55Verses 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 with God puts true comfort…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 45-48The stone and the pillar marked the border agreement between the two men. It was a witness for future generations. Each man named the monument witness in his own language. It became the lasting border between Israel and the kingdom of Aram (Syria), two nations often at war.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-5522-24. it was told Laban on the third day--No sooner did the news reach Laban than he set out in pursuit, and he being not encumbered, advanced rapidly; whereas Jacob, with a young family and numerous flocks, had to march slowly, so that he overtook the fugitives after seven days' journey as they lay encamped on the brow of mount Gilead, an extensive range of hills forming the eastern boundary of Canaan. Being accompanied by a number of his people, he…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 31:46

• Contracts
• Covenant
• Laban
• Stones

In the dictionaries

• Jacob
• Jacob, Israel
• Agate
• Carry
• Chaldee language
• Discern
• Fear
• Gather
• Inheritance
• Leah

Commentaries on Genesis 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings