Genesis 31:47-49

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⁴⁷Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha (stone monument of testimony in ^[a]Aramaic), but Jacob called it ^[b]Galeed. ⁴⁸Laban said, “This mound [of stones] is a witness [a reminder of the oath taken] today between you and me.” Therefore he [also] called the name Galeed, ⁴⁹and Mizpah (^[c]watchtower), for Laban said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent from one another.

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Footnotes

Genesis 31:47 The language of Laban, who was an Aramean (v 20). The two names chosen by Laban and Jacob were equivalent.
Genesis 31:47 Heb heap of witness.
Genesis 31:49 The stone mound evidently was tall enough to be considered a place from which one could see at a distance. The thought behind it was that the Lord would watch them when they could not watch each other, and He would see and deal with any mistreatment committed by either of them (see v 50).