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47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha:[a] but Jacob called it Galeed.[b] 48 Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore he called it Galeed, 49 and the pillar[c] Mizpah,[d] for he said, “The Lord watch between you and me, when we are absent one from the other.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:47 In Aramaic The heap of witness
  2. Genesis 31:47 In Hebrew The heap of witness
  3. Genesis 31:49 Compare Sam: MT lacks the pillar
  4. Genesis 31:49 That is Watchpost

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