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Genesis 31:48

LabanGaleed

46 and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.

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

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

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

50 If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
KJV
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
WEB
Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed
ASV
And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:
DARBY
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,
BLB
And Laban said, “This [is] the heap—a witness between me and between you today.” Upon thus he called its name Galeed,
ÅB
Da sa Laban: Denne røs skal være et vitne mellom meg og deg idag. Derfor kalte de den Gal-Ed,
OTB
Laban sa: «Denne haugen tjener som et vitne mellom deg og meg i dag.» Derfor ble den kalt Galed.
B1930
Da sa Laban: Denne røs skal være et vidne mellem mig og dig idag. Derfor kalte de den Gal-Ed,

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Cross references

  • Joshua 24:27

    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.”

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  • Joshua 13:8–9

    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:

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  • Genesis 31:23

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

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  • Deuteronomy 3:16

    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.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:36

    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.

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