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Then Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבofferedיִּזְבַּחa sacrificeזֶבַחon the mountainבָּהָרand calledוַיִּקְרָאhis brothersלְאֶחָיוto eatלֶאֱכָלbread;לָחֶםthey ateוַיֹּאכְלוּbreadלֶחֶםand spent the nightוַיָּלִינוּon the mountain.בָּהָר
Genesis 31:54
Study it in the app“Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and called his brothers to eat bread; they ate bread and spent the night on the mountain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:54, word by word
- Then 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- offeredיִּזְבַּחyizbach
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “yizbach” appears- a sacrificeזֶבַחzevach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appears- on the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- and calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- his brothersאֶחָיechay
relative
A close relative of the same family, like a nephew.
Where else “echay” appears- to eatאֱכָלechal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echal” appears- breadלָחֶםlachem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachem” appears- and spent the nightיָּלִינוּyalinu
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “yalinu” appears
The context
53May the Elohim of Abraham and the Elohim of Nahor judge between us, the Elohim of their father.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
54 · This verse (above)
55Laban rose early in the morning, kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Then Laban went and returned to his place.
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?