Genesis 31:47

and Laban calls it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob has called it Galeed.

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

In Context

46and Jacob says to his brothers, “Gather stones,” and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap;

48And Laban says, “This heap [is] witness between me and you today”; therefore has he called its name Galeed;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 24:6and they come to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-Hodshi, and they come to Dan-Jaan, and around to Sidon,

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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