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

brethren.

Genesis 31:23,32,37,54 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days; and overtook him in the mount of Galaad. . . .

Gather.

Joshua 4:5-9,20-24 And he said to them: Go before the ark of the Lord your God to the midst of the Jordan, and carry from thence every man a stone on your shoulders, according to the number of the children of Israel, . . .

Joshua 7:26 And they gathered together upon him a great heap of stones, which remaineth until this present day And the wrath of the Lord was turned away from them. And the name of that place was called the Valley of Achor, until this day.

2 Samuel 18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and they laid an exceeding great heap of stones upon him: but all Israel fled to their own dwellings.

Ecclesiastes 3:5 A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.

an heap.

Genesis 4:5 But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceeding angry, and his countenance fell.

; Ju.

Genesis 2:1 So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.

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Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.

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Genesis 3:20 And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living.

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1 Samuel 7:16 And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the foresaid places.

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1 Samuel 10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Galgal, (for I will come down to thee), that thou mayst offer an oblation, and sacrifice victims of peace: seven days shalt thou wait, till I come to thee, and I will shew thee what thou art to do.

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1 Samuel 10:17 And Samuel called together the people to the Lord in Maspha:

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1 Samuel 11:15 And all the people went to Galgal, and there they made Saul king, before the Lord in Galgal, and they sacrificed there victims of peace before the Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.

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1 Samuel 13:7 And some of the Hebrews passed over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Galaad. And when Saul was yet in Galgal, all the people that followed him were greatly afraid.

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1 Samuel 15:33 And Samuel said: As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed him in pieces before the Lord in Galgal.

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2Sa.

1 Samuel 19:15 And again Saul sent to see David, saying: Bring him to me in the bed, that he may be slain.

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2Ki.

1 Samuel 2:1 My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies: because I have joyed in thy salvation.

.) as temples, and as places for holding councils, and assembling the people. For a satisfactory elucidation of this subject, consult the Fragments to Calmet, Nos.

156,

735,

736

Context
Jacob's Covenant with Laban
45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a title. 46And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they, gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it.47And Laban called it, The witness heap; and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language.…
Cross References
Genesis 31:45
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a title.

Genesis 31:47
And Laban called it, The witness heap; and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language.

Lexicon
and [he]
יַעֲקֹ֤ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

said
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to his relatives,
לְאֶחָיו֙ (lə·’e·ḥāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

“Gather
לִקְט֣וּ (liq·ṭū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3950: To pick up, to gather, to glean

[some] stones.”
אֲבָנִ֔ים (’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

So they took
וַיִּקְח֥וּ (way·yiq·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

stones
אֲבָנִ֖ים (’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

and made
וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ (way·ya·‘ă·śū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

a mound,
גָ֑ל (ḡāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1530: Something rolled, a heap of stone, dung, a spring of water

and there
שָׁ֖ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

by
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the mound
הַגָּֽל׃ (hag·gāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1530: Something rolled, a heap of stone, dung, a spring of water

they ate.
וַיֹּ֥אכְלוּ (way·yō·ḵə·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat


Additional Translations
and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there on the heap.

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.

And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they gathered stones and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap; and Laban said to him, This heap witnesses between me and thee to-day.

And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones. And they took stones, and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap.

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there by the heap.

And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they ate there upon the heap.

Jacob said to his relatives, "Gather stones." They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.

and Jacob saith to his brethren, 'Gather stones,' and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap;
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