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Genesis 31:52

in Genesis 31

This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

KJV

This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

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This verse in Genesis 31

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

This heap be witness,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It was agreed that no act of hostility should ever pass between them, that Jacob should forgive and forget all the wrongs he had received and not remember them against Laban or his family in after-times. Note, We may resent an injury which yet we may not revenge. The ceremony of this covenant.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

This heap be witness--Objects of nature were frequently thus spoken of. But over and above, there was a solemn appeal to God; and it is observable that there was a marked difference in the religious sentiments of the two.

The words behind it

25 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • עֵ֚ד[is] a witness

    ʾedH5707 →70 times

  • הַגַּ֣לthe heap

    hagalH1530 →34 times

  • הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • וְעֵדָ֖הand [is] a witness

    veedahH5713 →

  • הַמַּצֵּבָ֑הthe pillar

    hamatzevahH4676 →32 times

  • אִם־if

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • אָ֗נִיI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • אֶֽעֱבֹ֤רI will pass beyond

    ʾeevorH5674 →556 times

  • אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙to you

    ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַגַּ֣לthe heap

    hagalH1530 →34 times

  • הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • וְאִם־and if

    veim-H518 →1069 times

  • אַ֠תָּהyou

    ʾatahH859 →1094 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • תַעֲבֹ֨רyou will pass beyond

    taavorH5674 →556 times

  • אֵלַ֜יto me

    ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַגַּ֥לthe heap

    hagalH1530 →34 times

  • הַזֶּ֛ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַמַּצֵּבָ֥הthe pillar

    hamatzevahH4676 →32 times

  • הַזֹּ֖את<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

  • לְרָעָֽה׃for harm

    leraahH7451 →662 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Genesis 31:48Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.4 worksGenesis 31:44Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”4 worksGenesis 21:30He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”3 worksJames 5:3Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.2 worksJoshua 22:27Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 31:48

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

    it leads to

    • Joshua 24:27

      And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will…

    • Deuteronomy 3:16

      and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the…

    • Deuteronomy 2:36

      From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God…

    • Joshua 13:8–9

      The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had…

    • Genesis 31:23

      So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 31 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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