Genesis 31:48

48 Then Laban said, "This pile of stones [is] a witness between me and you today." Therefore its name is called 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 pile of stones, and they ate there by the pile of stones.

47 And Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

48 Then Laban said, "This pile of stones [is] a witness between me and you today." Therefore its name is called Galeed,

49 and Mizpah, because he said, "Yahweh watch between me and you when {we are out of sight of each other}.

50 If you mistreat my daughters, and if you take wives besides my daughters, [when] there is no man with us, see--God [is] a witness between me and you."

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew for "the heap of witness"