Genesis 31:47

Webster's Bible (1833)

Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha,{"Jegar Sahadutha" means "Witness Heap" in Aramaic.} but Jacob called it Galeed.{"Galeed" means "Witness Heap" in Hebrew.}

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  • Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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    48Laban said, "This heap is witness between me and you this day." Therefore it was named Galeed

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    51Laban said to Jacob, "See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.

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    53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.

  • Gen 31:25-26
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    25Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.

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    44Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you."

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    15Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."

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    21So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

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    19He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

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    1He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's. From that which was our father's, has he gotten all this wealth."

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    4Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

  • Gen 30:28
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    28He said, "Appoint me your wages, and I will give it."

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    11Leah said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad.

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    36Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, "What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?

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    20He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.{El Elohe Israel means "God, the God of Israel" or "The God of Israel is mighty."}

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    34Laban said, "Behold, I desire it to be according to your word."

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