Genesis 31:48

And Laban said, This mound testifieth between me and thee today.

Targum Onkelos

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

47And Laban called it Yegar Sahadutha, but Jakob called it Gal-Ed.

49Therefore he called the name of it The Heap of Witness, and The Observatory; for he said, The Word of the Lord will observe between me and thee, when we are hidden each man from his neighbor.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:23And he took his brethren with him, and Pursued after him; going seven days; and he overtook him in the Mountain of Gilead.

Deuteronomy 3:16And to the tribe of Reuben, and of Gad, I have given from Gilead unto the river of Arnon (to) the middle of the river and its bound, unto the river Jubeka, which is the border of the children of Ammon.

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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