Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:44-48

44Now therefore come thouH3212, let us makeH3772 a covenantH1285, I and thou; and let it be for a witnessH5707 between me and thee.

45And JacobH3290 tookH3947 a stoneH68, and set it upH7311 for a pillarH4676.

46And JacobH3290 saidH559 unto his brethrenH251, GatherH3950 stonesH68; and they tookH3947 stonesH68, and madeH6213 an heapH1530: and they did eatH398 there upon the heapH1530.

47And LabanH3837 calledH7121 it Jegar–sahaduthaH3026: but JacobH3290 calledH7121 it GaleedH1567.12

48And LabanH3837 saidH559, This heapH1530 is a witnessH5707 between me and thee this dayH3117. Therefore was the nameH8034 of it calledH7121 GaleedH1567;

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 31:47 Jegar–sahadutha: that is, The heap of witness, Chaldee. ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 31:47 Galeed: that is, The heap of witness, Heb. ↩

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