Genesis 31:48
Laban announced, “This pile of stone serves as a witness between me and you.” This is why it was called Galeed.
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47Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, while Jacob called it Galeed.
Cross References
Genesis 31:23Taking some of his relatives with him, he chased after Jacob and caught up with him seven days later in the hill country of Gilead.
Deuteronomy 3:16while I assigned to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the area from Gilead to the Arnon Valley, the boundary line being the middle of the valley, all the way to the Jabbok River on the Ammonite border.
Joshua 22:27but as a witness between us and you, and for the generations that come after us, that we will come to worship the Lord in his presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and friendship offerings.’ Then your descendants will not be able to say to ours in the future, ‘You don't belong to the Lord.’
Joshua 22:34The tribes of Reuben and Gad called the altar, “Witness,” because they said, “It is a witness between us that the Lord is also our God.”
Judges 10:3After Tola came Jair from Gilead, who led Israel as a judge for 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 →