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Genesis 31:48 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; "

Genesis 31:48

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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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Deuteronomy 3:16

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From This Chapter

Genesis 31:1

"And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory."

Genesis 31:2

"And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before."

Genesis 31:3

"And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee."

Genesis 31:4

"And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,"

Genesis 31:5

"And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me."

Genesis 31:6

"And ye know that with all my power I have served your father."

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