Holy Scripture

Genesis 31:46

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 46.) And Jacob said to his brethren, 'Gather stones.' And they gathered stones and made a heap, and they ate there upon the heap. And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed. The heap is called Galeed in the Hebrew language and Jegar-sahadutha in the Syriac language, both meaning 'witness he…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Hebrew Questions on Genesis

Source: Septuagint

Original

46And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they gathered stones and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap; and Laban said to him, This heap witnesses between me and thee today.

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In context

44Now then come, let me make a covenant, both I and thou, and it shall be for a witness between me and thee; and he said to him, Behold, there is no one with us; behold, God is witness between me and thee.

45And Jacob having taken a stone, set it up for a pillar.

— Genesis 31:46 —

47And Laban called it, the Heap of Testimony; and Jacob called it, the Witness Heap.

48And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and the pillar, which I have set between me and thee; this heap witnesses, and this pillar witnesses; therefore its name was called, the Heap witnesses.

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