Genesis 31:47

And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it Galeed.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

In Context

46And Jacob said unto his brethren: 'Gather stones'; and they took stones, and made a heap. And they did eat there by the heap.

48And Laban said: 'This heap is witness between me and thee this day.' Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 24:6then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Zidon,

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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