Genesis 31:48

48 Laban said, ¹“This heap is a witness between you and me today. ” Therefore he 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 Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones. ” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

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

48 Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today. ” Therefore he named it Galeed,

49 and Mizpah, for he said, “The Lord watch between you and me, when we are out of one another’s sight.

50 If you oppress my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one is with us, see, God is witness between you and me. ”

Cross References

• 1. 31:48 ver. 44