◄ Genesis 31:47 ►
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Good News Translation
Laban named it Jegar Sahadutha, while Jacob named it Galeed.

New Revised Standard Version
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

Contemporary English Version
Laban named the pile of rocks Jegar Sahadutha. But Jacob named it Galeed.

New American Bible
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Laban called it, The witness heap; and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Jegar-sahadutha.

Hebrews 12:1 And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us:

Context
Jacob's Covenant with Laban
…46And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they, gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it. 47And Laban called it, The witness heap; and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language.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.…
Cross References
Genesis 31:46
And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they, gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it.

Joshua 22:34
And the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad called the altar which they had built, Our testimony, that the Lord is God,

Genesis 31:46
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