Then Jacob said to his relatives, ‘Gather stones.’ And they took stones and made a mound, then ate there by the mound.
Genesis 31:47 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Laban named the mound Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob named it Galeed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha [witness heap, in Aramaic ], but Jacob called it Galeed [witness heap, in Hebrew. ] American Standard Version (1901) And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. Common English Bible Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed. Catholic Public Domain Version And Laban called it, 'Tomb of Witness,' and Jacob, 'Pile of Testimony;' each of them according to the fitness of his own language. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Laban called it, The witness heap: and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language. |
Then Jacob said to his relatives, ‘Gather stones.’ And they took stones and made a mound, then ate there by the mound.
They went to Gilead and to the land of the Hittites and continued on to Dan-jaan and round to Sidon.
Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar: It is a witness between us that the Lord is God.