Genesis 31:47-49

Expanded Bible

⁴⁷ Laban named that place in his language A Pile to Remind Us [Jegar-sahadutha; ^Che spoke Aramaic], and Jacob called the place Galeed [^Cthe Hebrew version of the Aramaic name].

⁴⁸ Laban said to Jacob, “This ·pile of rocks [mound; heap] will ·remind us of the agreement [^Lbe a witness] between us.” That is why the place was called ·A Pile to Remind Us [Galeed]. ⁴⁹ It was also called Mizpah [^Csounds like “watch” in Hebrew], because Laban said, “Let the Lord watch over us while we are ·separated [absent] from each other.