Genesis 31:48
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
KJV
Dixitque Laban : Tumulus iste erit testis inter me et te hodie, et idcirco appellatum est nomen ejus Galaad, id est, Tumulus testis.
Vulgate
εἶπεν δὲ Λαβὰν τῷ Ἰακώβ Ἰδοὺ ὁ βουνὸς οὗτος καὶ ἡ στήλη αὕτη ἣν ἔστησα ἀνά μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ· μαρτυρεῖ ὁ βουνὸς οὗτος, καὶ μαρτυρεῖ ἡ στήλη αὕτη· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Βουνὸς μαρτυρεῖ,
LXX
And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לָבָ֔ן הַ/גַּ֨ל הַ/זֶּ֥ה עֵ֛ד בֵּינִ֥/י וּ/בֵינְ/ךָ֖ הַ/יּ֑וֹם עַל כֵּ֥ן קָרָֽא שְׁמ֖/וֹ גַּלְעֵֽד
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 2:36 — From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
- Deut 3:16 — And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
- Gen 31:23 — And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
- Gen 31:44 — Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
- Gen 31:52 — This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
- Josh 13:8 — With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
- Josh 22:27 — But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peac
- Josh 24:27 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest y