Genesis 31:48

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

WEB

Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed

ASV

And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:

LSV

And Laban says, “This heap [is] witness between me and you today”; therefore has he called its name Galeed;

YLT

And Laban saith, 'This heap [is] witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;

DBY

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,

DRC

And Laban said: This heap shall be a witness between me and thee this day, and therefore the name thereof was called Galaad, that is, The witness heap.

GNV

For Laban sayd, This heape is witnesse betweene me and thee this day: therefore he called the name of it Galeed.

JPS

And Laban said: 'This heap is witness between me and thee this day.' Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

LXXE

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and the pillar, which I have set between me and thee; this heap witnesses, and this pillar witnesses; therefore its name was called, the Heap witnesses.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָבָ֔ן הַגַּ֨ל הַזֶּ֥ה עֵ֛ד בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵינְךָ֖ הַיּ֑וֹם עַל־כֵּ֥ן קָרָֽא־שְׁמ֖וֹ גַּלְעֵֽד׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

LXX-Br

Εἶπε δὲ Λάβαν τῷ Ἰακὼβ, ἰδοὺ ὁ βουνὸς οὗτος καὶ ἡ στήλη, ἣν ἔστησα ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ· μαρτυρεῖ ὁ βουνὸς οὗτος, καὶ μαρτυρεῖ ἡ στήλη αὕτη· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα, βουνὸς μαρτυρεῖ.

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• Joshua 24:27And 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 be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
• Genesis 31:23So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
• Deuteronomy 3:16and 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 Ammonites.
• Joshua 13:8–9The 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 assigned to them: The area…
• Deuteronomy 2:36From 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 gave us all of them.

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