Génesis 31:47

47 Y lo llamó Labán: Jegar Sahaduta; y lo llamó Jacob, Galaad

Génesis 31:47 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:47

And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha
Which in the Syriac and Chaldee languages signifies "an heap of witness"; it being, as after observed, a witness of the covenant between Laban and Jacob: but Jacob called it Galeed;
which in the Hebrew tongue signifies the same, "an heap of witness"; or "an heap, [the] witness", for the same reason. Laban was a Syrian, as he sometimes is called, ( Genesis 25:20 ) ( Genesis 31:20 Genesis 31:24 ) , wherefore he used the Syrian language; Jacob was a descendant of Abraham the Hebrew, and he used the Hebrew language; and both that their respective posterity might understand the meaning of the name; though these two are not so very different but Laban and Jacob could very well understand each other, as appears by their discourse together, these being but dialects of the same tongue.

Génesis 31:47 In-Context

45 Entonces Jacob tomó una piedra, y la levantó por título

46 Y dijo Jacob a sus hermanos: Coged piedras. Y tomaron piedras e hicieron un majano; y comieron allí sobre aquel majano

47 Y lo llamó Labán: Jegar Sahaduta; y lo llamó Jacob, Galaad

48 Porque Labán dijo: Este majano será testigo hoy entre mí y entre ti; por eso fue llamado su nombre Galaad

49 y Mizpa, por cuanto dijo: Atalaye el SEÑOR entre mí y entre ti, cuando nos esconderemos el uno del otro