And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.
And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
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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.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha - יגר שהדותא yegar sahadutha, the heap or round heap of witness; but Jacob called it גלעד galed, which signifies the same thing. The first is pure Chaldee, the second pure Hebrew. אגר agar signifies to collect, hence יגר yegar and אוגר ogar, a collection or heap made up of gathered stones; and hence also אגורא egora, an altar, used frequently by the Chaldee paraphrast. See 1Ki 12:33; Jdg 6:31; 2Ki 21:3; Jer 17:1. See Castels Lexicon. From this example we may infer that the Chaldee language was nearly coequal with the Hebrew.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
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?
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical
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Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…
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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
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Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.
Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
