Genesis 31:48

48 dixitque Laban tumulus iste testis erit inter me et te hodie et idcirco appellatum est nomen eius Galaad id est tumulus Testis

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 dixitque fratribus suis adferte lapides qui congregantes fecerunt tumulum comederuntque super eum

47 quem vocavit Laban tumulus Testis et Iacob acervum Testimonii uterque iuxta proprietatem linguae suae

48 dixitque Laban tumulus iste testis erit inter me et te hodie et idcirco appellatum est nomen eius Galaad id est tumulus Testis

49 intueatur Dominus et iudicet inter nos quando recesserimus a nobis

50 si adflixeris filias meas et si introduxeris uxores alias super eas nullus sermonis nostri testis est absque Deo qui praesens respicit