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Genesis 31:48
And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,
Genesis 31:48 · Bible in Basic English
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Genesis 31:48 in other translations
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed
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In context
45 Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.
46 And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.
47 And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.
48 And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,
49 And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doings.
50 If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.
51 And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;
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