Genesis 31:48

Laban said, “This pile of stones is like a witness to the promise we are making today.” That is why he called it Galeed.

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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

47Laban and Jacob both gave that place a name in their own languages that means A pile of stones to help us remember.

49But its other name is Mizpah which means watchtower. Laban went on to say, “I am asking God to watch us, so that we both keep our side of the promise, even when we are living in different places.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:23He called some of his relations to help him to go and catch Jacob. Seven days later Laban and his relations found Jacob's camp in the hill country called Gilead, and they made their camp nearby. That night before Laban could speak to Jacob, God spoke to Laban in a dream. He said “Laban, be very careful how you speak to Jacob. Do not speak angry words to him.”

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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