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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then he told his family members, “Gather some stones.” So they gathered stones and piled them in a heap. Then Jacob and Laban sat down beside the pile of stones to eat a covenant meal.

Context of Genesis 31:46

44Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.” 45So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. 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. 47Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed. 48Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

Genesis 31:46 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto his brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-relativeH251
• Gatherלָקַטlâqaţ · to gatherH3950
• stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• and they tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• and madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• an heapגַּלgal · heapH1530
• and they did eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Genesis 31:46

• Genesis 31:23Taking his relatives with him, he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
• Joshua 4:5and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites,
• Joshua 7:26Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his fierce anger. Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor ever since.
• 2 Samuel 18:17They took Absalom, threw him into a big pit in the forest and piled up a large heap of rocks over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes.
• Ecclesiastes 3:5a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
• Genesis 4:5but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
• Genesis 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
• Genesis 3:20Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
• 1 Samuel 7:16From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.
• 1 Samuel 10:8“Go down ahead of me to Gilgal. I will surely come down to you to sacrifice burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, but you must wait seven days until I come to you and tell you what you are to do.”
• 1 Samuel 10:17Samuel summoned the people of Israel to the Lord at Mizpah
• 1 Samuel 11:15So all the people went to Gilgal and made Saul king in the presence of the Lord. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings before the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites held a great celebration.
• 1 Samuel 13:7Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul remained at Gilgal, and all the troops with him were quaking with fear.
• 1 Samuel 15:33But Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so will your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel put Agag to death before the Lord at Gilgal.
• 1 Samuel 19:15Then Saul sent the men back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so that I may kill him.”

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