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Genesis 31:48

And Laban saith, 'This heap [is] witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;

Young's Literal Translation

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 calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.

49Mizpah also, for he said, 'Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;

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Cross References

Genesis 31:23and he taketh his brethren with him, and pursueth after him a journey of seven days, and overtaketh him in the mount of Gilead.

Deuteronomy 3:16'And to the Reubenite and to the Gadite I have given from Gilead even unto the brook Arnon, the middle of the valley and the border, even unto Jabbok the brook, the border of the sons of Ammon,

Joshua 22:27but a witness it [is] between us and you, and between our generations after us, to do the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings, and your sons do not say hereafter to our sons, Ye have no portion in Jehovah.

Joshua 22:34And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad proclaim concerning the altar, that 'it [is] a witness between us that Jehovah [is] God.'

Judges 10:3And there riseth after him Jair the Gileadite, and he judgeth Israel twenty and 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 →

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