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Genesis 31:54

in Genesis 31

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.

KJV

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

This verse in Genesis 31

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Offered sacrifice upon the mount - It is very likely that Laban joined in this solemn religious rite, and that, having offered the blood and fat to God, they feasted upon the sacrifice.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), a sacrifice of peace-offerings. Note, Our peace with God is that which puts true comfort into our peace with our friends. If parties contend, the reconciliation of both to him will facilitate their reconciliation one to another.

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Covenants of friendship were anciently ratified by the parties eating and drinking together. It was in the nature of a love-feast.

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The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּזְבַּ֨חand he sacrificed

    vaiyizbachH2076 →

  • יַעֲקֹ֥בJacob

    yaakoH3290 →350 times

  • זֶ֙בַח֙a sacrifice

    zevachH2077 →

  • בָּהָ֔רin the hill country

    baharH2022 →546 times

  • וַיִּקְרָ֥אand he invited

    vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times

  • לְאֶחָ֖יו<to> relatives his

    leechavH251 →630 times

  • לֶאֱכָל־to eat

    leekhol-H398 →810 times

  • לָ֑חֶםfood

    lachemH3899 →298 times

  • וַיֹּ֣אכְלוּand they ate

    vaiyokheluH398 →810 times

  • לֶ֔חֶםfood

    lechemH3899 →298 times

  • וַיָּלִ֖ינוּand they stayed [the] night

    vaiyalinuH3885 →84 times

  • בָּהָֽר׃in the hill country

    baharH2022 →546 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 26:30

    So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 19:3

      But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Romans 12:18

      If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.

    • Hebrews 12:14

      Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

  • Through

    Genesis 37:25

    And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 37:28

      So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

    • Jeremiah 8:22

      Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

    • Genesis 43:11

      Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift…

  • Through

    Exodus 18:12

    Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 12:7

      There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

  • Through

    Genesis 21:8

    So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 1:22

      but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.