Genesis 31:47

Laban named that heap in his language, 'A heap for reminding'. Jacob also named it 'A heap for reminding' in his language.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

46Then he told his men, “You also get stones.” Truly they got them, they gathered them together near the big rock. After that they all ate food near that heap of rocks.

48Laban said to Jacob, “This heap will remind us two of our word to each other.

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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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