Bible verse

Genesis 31:47

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

Genesis 31:47 · BSB

Genesis 31:47 in context

The verses around it, from Genesis 31.

43 But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?

44 Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”

45 So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,

46 and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.

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

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

49 It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

50 If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”

51 Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.

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Genesis 31:47 in other translations

KJV

And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

ASV

And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

ERV

And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

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