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Genesis 31:47 KJV
Genesis · chapter 31 · verse 47
And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.Genesis 31:47 · King James Version
Genesis 31:47 in context
45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
47And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
49And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JegarsahaduthaYᵉgar SahădûwthâʼJegar-Sahadutha, a cairn East of the JordanH3026 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- LabanLâbânLaban, a MesopotamianH3837 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
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We have here the compromising of the matter between Laban and Jacob. Laban had nothing to say in reply to Jacob's remonstrance: he could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, but was convicted by his own conscience of the wrong he had done him;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 43-55