45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.(A) 46 He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap,(B) and they ate there by the heap. 47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.[a](C)

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  1. Genesis 31:47 The Aramaic Jegar Sahadutha and the Hebrew Galeed both mean witness heap.

45 So Jacob (A)took a stone and set it up as a pillar. 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,[a] but Jacob called it Galeed.[b]

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  1. Genesis 31:47 Aramaic the heap of witness
  2. Genesis 31:47 Hebrew the heap of witness

45 So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a marker.(A) 46 Then Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a mound, then ate there by the mound. 47 Laban named the mound Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob named it Galeed.[a]

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  1. 31:47 Jegar-sahadutha is Aramaic, and Galeed is Hb; both names = Mound of Witness