Genesis 31:48

48 Laban said, "This mound is our witness today," and, therefore, he too named it Galeed.

Genesis 31:48 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:48

And Laban said, this heap [is] a witness between me and thee
this day.
] A witness of the covenant now about to be made between them that day, and a witness against them should they break it: therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
by Jacob, as before observed; (See Gill on Genesis 31:47).

Genesis 31:48 In-Context

46 and said to his relatives, "Gather stones." So they took stones, made a mound, and ate there near the mound.

47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

48 Laban said, "This mound is our witness today," and, therefore, he too named it Galeed.

49 He also named it Mizpah, because he said, "The LORD will observe both of us when we are separated from each other.

50 If you treat my daughters badly and if you marry other women, though we aren't there, know that God observed our witness."