Genesis 31:48

Than sayde Laban: this heape be witnesse betwene the and me this daye (therfore is it called Gilead)

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 Laba called it Iegar Sahadutha but Iacob called it Gylead.

49and this totehill which the lorde seeth (sayde he) be wytnesse betwene me and the when we are departed one from a nother:

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Cross References

Genesis 31:23Tha he toke his brethre with him and folowed after him.vij. dayes iourney and ouer toke him at the mounte Gilead.

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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