^31:54Then Jacob offered a sacrifice¹¹⁴ on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal.¹¹⁵ They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

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Footnotes

114 The construction is a cognate accusative with the verb, expressing a specific sacrifice.
115 Heb “bread, food.” Presumably this was a type of peace offering, where the person bringing the offering ate the animal being sacrificed.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and Jacob offered a sacrifice in the hill country and called his kinsmen to eat bread. They ate bread and spent the night in the hill country.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He offered a sacrifice there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal. After they had eaten, they spent the night there.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. So they ate a meal and spent the night on the mountain.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice to God there on the mountain and invited everyone to a covenant feast. After they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Jacob sacrificed a sacrifice on the hill, and he called his kinsmen to eat the meal. And they ate the meal and spent the night on the hill.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

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