Logos Bible Study

Genesis 31:46

The NET BibleOther versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

31:46Then he99 said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” So they brought stones and put them in a pile.100 They ate there by the pile of stones.

Read in Logos

Footnotes

  1. 99 Heb “Jacob”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. 100 The Hebrew word for “pile” is גַּל (gal), which sounds like the name “Galeed” (גַּלְעֵד, gal’ed). See v. 48.

In other versions

ESVEnglish 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a mound, then ate there by the mound.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a pile of stones, and they ate there by the pile of stones.

KJV 1900King 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.