47And Laban called it The witness heap: and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language.


In Context

44 Come therefore, let us enter into a league: that it may be for a testimony between me and thee.

45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a title:

46 And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it.

47 And Laban called it The witness heap: and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language.

48 And Laban said: This heap shall be a witness between me and thee this day, and therefore the name thereof was called Galaad, that is, The witness heap.

49 The Lord behold and judge between us when we shall be gone one from the other.

Genesis 31:47 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:47Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:47And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:47Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:47and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:47And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.