Genesis 31:54 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 31:54

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

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (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.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּזְבַּ֨ח	vai.yiz.Bach	and he sacrificed	H2076 →
יַעֲקֹ֥ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
זֶ֙בַח֙	ze.vach	a sacrifice	H2077 →
בָּהָ֔ר	ba.Har	in the hill country	H2022 →
וַיִּקְרָ֥א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he invited	H7121 →
לְאֶחָ֖יו	le.'e.Chav	<to> relatives his	H251 →
לֶאֱכָל־	le.'e.khol-	to eat	H398 →
לָ֑חֶם	La.chem	food	H3899 →
וַיֹּ֣אכְלוּ	vai.Yo.khe.lu	and they ate	H398 →
לֶ֔חֶם	Le.chem	food	H3899 →
וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ	vai.ya.Li.nu	and they stayed [the] night	H3885 →
בָּהָֽר׃	ba.Har	in the hill country	H2022 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 26:30
So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
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 independent 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…
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.
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.
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.”