46And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it.


In Context

43 Laban answered him: The daughters are mine and the children, and thy flocks, and all things that thou seest are mine: what can I do to my children, and grandchildren?

44 Come therefore, let us enter into a league: that it may be for a testimony between me and thee.

45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a title:

46 And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it.

47 And Laban called it The witness heap: and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language.

48 And Laban said: This heap shall be a witness between me and thee this day, and therefore the name thereof was called Galaad, that is, The witness heap.

Genesis 31:46 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:46And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:46He said to his relatives, "Gather some stones." So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:46And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:46And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones. And they took stones, and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:46And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there by the heap.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:46And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they ate there upon the heap.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:46Jacob said to his relatives, |Gather stones.| They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:46and Jacob saith to his brethren, 'Gather stones,' and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:46And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there on the heap.