Genesis 31:48
Laban said, “This pile is a witness between me and you today.” Therefore its name was called Galeed.
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47Laban called it Jegar Saha Dutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
Cross References
Genesis 31:23So he took his relatives with him and pursued him for a seven days' journey. He overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
Deuteronomy 3:16To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave territory from Gilead to the Valley of the Arnon—the middle of the valley is the territory's border—and to the Jabbok River, which is the border with the descendants of Ammon.
Joshua 22:27but to be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we will perform the service of Yahweh before him, with our burnt offerings and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings, so that your children will never say to our children in time to come, “You have no share in Yahweh.”'
Joshua 22:34The Reubenites and the Gadites named the altar “Witness,” for they said, “It is a witness between us that Yahweh is God.”
Judges 10:3He was followed by Jair the Gileadite. He judged Israel 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 →