Genesis 31:48

Then saide Laban: this heape is witnesse betwene thee and me this day, therfore it is called Galeed,

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

In Context

47And Laban called it Iegar Sahadutha: but Iacob called it Galeed.

49And Mispah: for he said, the Lord loke betwene thee and me when we are departed one from another,

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Cross References

Genesis 31:23Then he toke his brethren with him, and folowed after him seuen daies iourney, & ouertoke him at the mounte Gilead.

Judges 10:3And after him, arose Iair a Gileadite, and iudged Israel twintie and two yeres.

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 →

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