46 And Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

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46 He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap,(A) and they ate there by the heap.

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47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha,[a] but Jacob called it Galeed.[b]

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  1. Genesis 31:47 Aramaic the heap of witness
  2. Genesis 31:47 Hebrew the heap of witness

47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.[a](A)

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  1. Genesis 31:47 The Aramaic Jegar Sahadutha and the Hebrew Galeed both mean witness heap.

52 (A)This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, to do harm.

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52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness,(A) that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap(B) and pillar to my side to harm me.(C)

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