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54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice[a] on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal.[b] They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:54 tn The construction is a cognate accusative with the verb, expressing a specific sacrifice.
  2. Genesis 31:54 tn Heb “bread, food.” Presumably this was a type of peace offering, where the person bringing the offering ate the animal being sacrificed.

54 He offered a sacrifice(A) there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal.(B) After they had eaten, they spent the night there.

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