KJV King James Version
And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
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Genesis 31:47
And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
WEB World English Bible
Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
ASV American Standard Version
And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.
Surrounding context — Genesis 31
44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take [other] wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with us; see, God [is] witness betwixt me and thee.
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