Genesis 31:54
in Genesis 31Then 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.
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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.
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This verse in Genesis 31
Commentary
4 notes on this verseOffered 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 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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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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Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount,....
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּזְבַּ֨ח | vaiyizbach | and he sacrificed | H2076 → | |
| יַעֲקֹ֥ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| זֶ֙בַח֙ | zevach | a sacrifice | H2077 → | |
| בָּהָ֔ר | bahar | in the hill country | H2022 → | 546 times |
| וַיִּקְרָ֥א | vaiyikra' | and he invited | H7121 → | 733 times |
| לְאֶחָ֖יו | leechav | <to> relatives his | H251 → | 630 times |
| לֶאֱכָל־ | leekhol- | to eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| לָ֑חֶם | lachem | food | H3899 → | 298 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אכְלוּ | vaiyokhelu | and they ate | H398 → | 810 times |
| לֶ֔חֶם | lechem | food | H3899 → | 298 times |
| וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ | vaiyalinu | and they stayed [the] night | H3885 → | 84 times |
| בָּהָֽר׃ | bahar | in the hill country | H2022 → | 546 times |
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 stopsEach 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 26:30So 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.
- Genesis 19:3
Through
Genesis 37:25And 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…
- Genesis 37:28
Through
Exodus 18:12Then 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.
- Deuteronomy 12:7
Through
Genesis 21:8So 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.”
- 1 Samuel 1:22
Where this verse is studied
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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.
