And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
KJV
Parallel translations
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:
WEB
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
YLT
And Laban saith, `This heap is witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;
DBT
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)