Genesis 31:46 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 31:46

44 Now therefore, come, ^alet us make a covenant, ^byou and I, and let it be a witness between you and me.”

45 So Jacob ^atook a stone and set it up as a pillar.

46 Then Jacob said to his brethren, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap.

47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

48 And Laban said, ^a“This heap is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore its name was called Galeed,

49 also ^aMizpah, because he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from another.

50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us—see, God is witness between you and me!”

51 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Here is this heap and here is this pillar, which I have placed between you and me.

52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

53 The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their father ^ajudge between us.” And Jacob ^bswore by ^cthe Fear of his father Isaac.

54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 31:46

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American Standard Version
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.

Amplified® Bible
And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones and made a heap, and they ate [together] there upon the heap.

Contemporary English Version
he told his men to get some more rocks and pile them up next to it. Then Jacob and Laban ate a meal together beside the rocks.

Darby English Version
And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones. And they took stones, and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap.

Good News Bible
He told his men to gather some rocks and pile them up. Then they ate a meal beside the pile of rocks.

King James Version
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 American Standard Bible
Jacob said to his kinsmen, "Gather stones. So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap."

New International Version
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.

New King James Version
Then Jacob said to his brethren, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Jacob said to his kinsmen, "Gather stones." So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

Revised Standard Version
And Jacob said to his kinsmen, "Gather stones," and they took stones, and made a heap; and they ate there by the heap.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jacob saith to his brethren, `Gather stones,' and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap;

New English Translation
Then he¹ said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” So they brought stones and put them in a pile.² They ate there by the pile of stones.

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