Genesis 31:48

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,

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  • Josh 24:27 : 27 And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.
  • Gen 31:23 : 23 And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.
  • Deut 2:36 : 36 From Aroer on the edge of the valley of the Arnon and from the town in the valley as far as Gilead, no town was strong enough to keep us out; the Lord our God gave them all into our hands:
  • Deut 3:16 : 16 And the land from Gilead to the valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a limit, as far as the river Jabbok which is the limit of the country of the children of Ammon, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites;
  • Josh 13:8-9 : 8 With him the Reubenites and the Gadites have been given their heritage, which Moses gave them, on the east side of Jordan, as Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave them; 9 From Aroer, on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and all the table-land from Medeba to Dibon;

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    43 Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children?

    44 Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.

    45 Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

    46 And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.

    47 And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.

  • Gen 31:49-53
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    49 And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doings.

    50 If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.

    51 And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;

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    25 Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • Gen 30:27-28
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    27 And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.

    28 Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.

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    34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad gave to that altar the name of Ed. For, they said, It is a witness between us that the Lord is God.

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    34 And Laban said, Let it be as you say.

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    12 And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

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    1 Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.

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    36 And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.

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    21 So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.

    22 And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight.

    23 And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • Gen 31:36-37
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    36 Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion?

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    22 And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.

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    11 And Leah said, It has gone well for me: and she gave him the name Gad.

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    10 And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, May the Lord be our witness: we will certainly do as you say.