Genesis 31:48
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
Cross References
Genesis 31:23And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on mount Gilead.
Deuteronomy 3:16And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the river Arnon, the middle of the ravine and its border, as far as the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;
Joshua 22:27but to be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we might do service to Jehovah before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in future, Ye have no portion in Jehovah.
Joshua 22:34And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad gave a name to the altar; for it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.
Judges 10:3And after him rose up Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:44-55
Jacob's Covenant with Laban. ( b. c. 1739.) 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his… Read the whole commentary →