Genesis 31:48

Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.

Berean Standard Bible

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 called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

49It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:23So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

Deuteronomy 3:16and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.

Joshua 22:27Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’

Joshua 22:34So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”

Judges 10:3Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who 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 →

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