Genesis 31:47-49

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⁴⁷Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha:^[a] but Jacob called it Galeed.^[b] ⁴⁸Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore he called it Galeed, ⁴⁹and the pillar^[c] Mizpah,^[d] for he said, “The Lord watch between you and me, when we are absent one from the other.

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Footnotes

Genesis 31:47 In Aramaic The heap of witness
Genesis 31:47 In Hebrew The heap of witness
Genesis 31:49 Compare Sam: MT lacks the pillar
Genesis 31:49 That is Watchpost

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