48And 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.


In Context

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.

50 If thou afflict my daughters, and if thou bring in other wives over them: none is witness of our speech but God, who is present and beholdeth.

Genesis 31:48 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:48And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:48Laban said, "This heap is a witness between you and me today." That is why it was called Galeed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:48And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:48And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:48Laban said, |This heap is witness between me and you this day.| Therefore it was named Galeed

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:48And Laban saith, 'This heap is witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;