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.


In Context

43 Laban answered Jacob, "The women are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks. All you see is mine. Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine, or about the children they have borne?

44 Come now, let's make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us."

45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

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

47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

48 Laban said, "This heap is a witness between you and me today." That is why it was called Galeed.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:46And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it.

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.