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Genesis 31:46

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 31:46 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

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

Context — Genesis 31

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
43And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?
44And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.
47And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:
49and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Jacob said unto his brethren, gather stones, etc.] Not to his sons, as the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi; these would not be called brethren, and were not fit, being too young to be employed in gathering large stones, as these must be, to erect a monument with; rather his servants, whom he employed in keeping his sheep under him, and might so call them, as he did the shepherds of Haran, (<012904>Genesis 29:4); and whom he could command to such service, and were most proper to be made use of in it; unless it can be thought the men Laban brought with him, whom Jacob before calls his brethren, (<013137>Genesis 31:37), are meant; and then the words must be understood as spoken, not in an…”
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