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Genesis 31:48

New English Translation

Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

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He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”

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

From Aroer, which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us – the Lord our God gave them all to us.

To the Reubenites and Gadites I allocated the territory extending from Gilead as far as Wadi Arnon (the exact middle of the wadi was a boundary) all the way to the Wadi Jabbok, the Ammonite border.

but as a reminder to us and you, and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’

We said, ‘If in the future they say such a thing to us or to our descendants, we will reply, “See the model of the Lord’s altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’

The Reubenites and Gadites named the altar, “Surely it is a Reminder to us that the Lord is God.”

Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.”

Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years.




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