45 So Jacob (A)took a stone and set it up as a pillar. 46 Then Jacob said to his brethren, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap. 47 Laban called it [a]Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it [b]Galeed. 48 And Laban said, (B)“This heap is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore its name was called Galeed, 49 also (C)Mizpah,[c] because he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from another.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:47 Lit., in Aram., Heap of Witness
  2. Genesis 31:47 Lit., in Heb., Heap of Witness
  3. Genesis 31:49 Lit. Watch

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