Genesis 31:48 “Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this…”

Genesis 31:48

Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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;

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For Laban sayd, This heape is witnesse betweene me and thee this day: therefore he called the name of it Galeed.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,

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Cross references

“This heap”

Joshua 24:27

Joshua 24:27 · BSB

And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”

“Galeed”

Genesis 31:23 Deuteronomy 2:36 Deuteronomy 3:16 Joshua 13:8 Joshua 13:9

Genesis 31:23 · BSB

So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

Deuteronomy 2:36 · BSB

From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.

Deuteronomy 3:16 · BSB

and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.

Joshua 13:8 · BSB

The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:

Joshua 13:9 · BSB

The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

47Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

49It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

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