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Genesis 31:46 KJV
Genesis · chapter 31 · verse 46
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.Genesis 31:46 · King James Version
Genesis 31:46 in context
44Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
47And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- Gatherlâqaṭproperly, to pick upH3950 →
- stonesʼebena stoneH68 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- tooklâqachto takeH3947 →
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We have here the compromising of the matter between Laban and Jacob. Laban had nothing to say in reply to Jacob's remonstrance: he could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, but was convicted by his own conscience of the wrong he had done him;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 43-55