47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha,[a] but Jacob called it Galeed.[b] 48 Laban said, (A)“This heap is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore he named it Galeed, 49 (B)and Mizpah,[c] for he said, “The Lord watch between you and me, when we are out of one another's sight.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:47 Aramaic the heap of witness
  2. Genesis 31:47 Hebrew the heap of witness
  3. Genesis 31:49 Mizpah means watchpost

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