Galeed

How Nave’s arranged it

• (Also called JEGAR-SAHADUTHA)
• The memorial of Jacob's and Laban's covenantGenesis 31:47Genesis 31:48

The passages, in Bible order (2)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 31:47

   Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 31:472 voices

   “And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha,.... Which in the Syriac and Chaldee languages signifies "an heap of witness"; it being, as after observed, a witness of the covenant between Laban and Jacob: but Jacob called it Galeed; which in the Hebrew tongue signifies the same, "an heap of witness"; or "an heap, the witness", for the same reason.

   “He has gotten all his glory - And what was this glory? It was a parcel of brown sheep and speckled goats, and some camels and asses. Jacob has taken away all that was our fathers - Not all, sure; what was become of those cattle which were committed to the custody of Laban's sons, and sent three days journey off?

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2. Genesis 31:48

   Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 31:482 voices

   “And Laban said, this heap is a witness between me and thee this day. A witness of the covenant now about to be made between them that day, and a witness against them should they break it: therefore was the name of it called Galeed; by Jacob, as before observed; See Gill on Gen 31:47.

   “I think these two verses are badly divided, and should be read thus: Gen 31:48 - And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Gen 31:49 - Therefore was the name of it called Galeed and Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

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