Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:46-49

46and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate. 47Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.1

48Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.”

Therefore the place was called Galeed. 49It was also called Mizpah,2 because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 31:47 The Aramaic Jegar-sahadutha and the Hebrew Galeed both mean heap of witnesses. ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 31:49 Mizpah means watchtower. ↩

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