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And Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבsaidיֹּאמֶרto his brothers,לְאֶחָיו“Gatherלִקְטוּstones.”אֲבָנִיםThey tookוַיִּקְחוּstonesאֲבָנִיםand madeוַיַּעֲשׂוּa heap,גָלand they ateוַיֹּאכְלוּthereשָׁםon the heap.עַל הַגָּל
Genesis 31:46
Study it in the app“And Jacob said to his brothers, “Gather stones.” They took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:46, word by word
- And Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to his brothersאֶחָיechay
relative
A close relative of the same family, like a nephew.
Where else “echay” appears- “Gatherלִקְטוּliktu
gather
To gather up from the ground or field what is scattered, to carry it away.
Where else “liktu” appears- stonesאֲבָנִיםavanim
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appears- They tookיִּקְחוּyikchu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikchu” appears- and madeיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaasu” appears- a heapגָלgal
heap
Stones piled up, or ruins.
Where else “gal” appears- and they ateיֹּאכְלוּyochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appears
The context
45So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a standing stone.
46 · This verse (above)
47Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
To study Genesis 31 in a group
1. What it says
Why did Jacob leave Laban’s house, and what did Elohim say to Laban in a dream (vv. 3, 24)?
2. What it means
What does the heap of stones mean as a witness between Jacob and Laban (vv. 44-50)?
3. How I live it
How can you close a conflict with someone in a clear and peaceful way?