Genesis 31:54

31:54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice ¹  on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. ²  They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

Genesis 32:30

32:30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, ³  explaining, ⁴  “Certainly ⁵  I have seen God face to face ⁶  and have survived.” ⁷ 

Genesis 35:8

35:8 (Deborah, ⁸  Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named ⁹  Oak of Weeping.) ¹⁰ 

¹ tn The construction is a cognate accusative with the verb, expressing a specific sacrifice.

² tn Heb “bread, food.” Presumably this was a type of peace offering, where the person bringing the offering ate the animal being sacrificed.

³ sn The name Peniel means “face of God.” Since Jacob saw God face to face here, the name is appropriate.

⁴ tn The word “explaining” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Or “because.”

⁶ sn I have seen God face to face. See the note on the name “Peniel” earlier in the verse.

⁷ tn Heb “and my soul [= life] has been preserved.”

⁵ sn Deborah. This woman had been Rebekah’s nurse, but later attached herself to Jacob. She must have been about one hundred and eighty years old when she died.

⁶ tn “and he called its name.” There is no expressed subject, so the verb can be translated as passive.

⁷ tn Or “Allon Bacuth,” if one transliterates the Hebrew name (cf. NEB, NIV, NRSV). An oak tree was revered in the ancient world and often designated as a shrine or landmark. This one was named for the weeping (mourning) occasioned by the death of Deborah.