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


In Context

45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

46 He said to his relatives, "Gather some stones." So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

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

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

49 It was also called Mizpah, because he said, "May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.

50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me."

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:48And 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.

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;