Genesis 31:48
Then said Laban: This heap, be witness betwixt me, and thee, to-day. For this cause, is the name thereof called Galeed;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
47And Laban called it, Jegar-sahadutha,—but, Jacob, called it, Galeed.
Cross References
Genesis 31:23So he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him a journey of seven days—and overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
Deuteronomy 3:16And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites, gave I—from Gilead even as far as the ravine of Arnon, the middle of the ravine and boundary,—even as far as the Jabbok ravine, the boundary of the sons of Ammon;
Joshua 22:27but that, a witness, it may be between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we are to do the service of Yahweh, before him, with our ascending-offerings and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings,—that your sons may not say, in time to come, to our sons, Ye have no portion in Yahweh.
Joshua 22:34So the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad named the altar [a Witness]: A witness, it is between us, That, Yahweh, is God.
Judges 10:3And there arose, after him, Jair the Gileadite,—and 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 →