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’s make a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me.” 45So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar, and Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” So they took the stones and made a pile. Then they ate there on the pile. 47Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha and Jacob called it Gal-ed. 48And Laban said, “This pile is a witness between me and you today.” That is why its name is Gal-ed,

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 31:23he took his relatives with him and pursued him a seven days’ journey. Then he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
• Joshua 4:5Joshua said to them, “Cross over before the ark of Adonai your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you, lift up a stone on his shoulder, for the number of the tribes of Bnei-Yisrael.
• Joshua 7:26They raised over him a great heap of stones that stands to this day. Then Adonai 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 threw him into a deep pit in the forest and piled over him a very large heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, everyone to his tent.
• Ecclesiastes 3:5a time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
• Genesis 4:5but upon Cain and his offering He did not look favorably. Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
• Genesis 2:1So the heavens and the earth were completed along with their entire array.
• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow will you eat food, until you return to the ground, since from it were you taken. For you are dust, and to dust will you return.”
• Genesis 3:20Now Adam named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
• 1 Samuel 7:16He used to go annually on a circuit to Beth-el and Gilgal and Mizpah, and would judge over Israel in all those places.
• 1 Samuel 10:8Afterward, you are to go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice fellowship offerings. Seven days you will wait, until I come to you and instruct you what you should do.”
• 1 Samuel 10:17Then Samuel summoned the people to Adonai at Mizpah.
• 1 Samuel 11:15So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before Adonai in Gilgal. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings before Adonai, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
• 1 Samuel 13:7Some of the Hebrews even crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, but all the people following him were trembling.
• 1 Samuel 15:33Then Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so will your mother be childless among women.” Then Samuel cut Agag into pieces before Adonai in Gilgal.
• 1 Samuel 19:15So Saul sent the agents back to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed so 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
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• Carry
• Chaldee language
• Discern
• Fear
• Gather
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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