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Genesis 31:46
And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they, gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it.
Genesis 31:46 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 31:46 in other translations
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.
Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.
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In context
43 Laban answered him: The daughters are mine, and the children, and thy flocks, and all things that thou seest are mine: what can I do to my children, and grandchildren?
44 Come, therefore, let us enter into a league; that it may be for a testimony between me and thee.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a title.
46 And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they, gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it.
47 And Laban called it, The witness heap; and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language.
48 And Laban said: This heap shall be a witness between me and thee this day, and therefore the name thereof was called Galaad, that is, The witness heap.
49 The Lord behold and judge between us, when we shall be gone one from the other.
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