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Genesis 31:48

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And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:

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Genesis 31:48 in other translations

Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed

Genesis 31:48 · World English Bible

Genesis 31:48 in context

  1. 46And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.
  2. 47And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
  3. 48And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:
  4. 49and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
  5. 50If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.