Genesis 31 · Verse 47

Genesis 31:47

And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

Genesis 31:47, King James Version

Genesis 31:47 in other translations

BSB	Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
WEB	Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
ASV	And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
YLT	and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.
DARBY	And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
BBE	And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.
Webster	And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed:

What does Genesis 31:47 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha - יגר שהדותא yegar sahadutha, the heap or round heap of witness; but Jacob called it גלעד galed, which signifies the same thing. The first is pure Chaldee, the second pure Hebrew. אגר agar signifies to collect, hence יגר yegar and אוגר ogar, a collection or heap made up of gathered stones; and hence also אגורא egora, an altar, used frequently by the Chaldee paraphrast. See 1Kgs 12:33; Jdg 6:31; 2Kgs 21:3; Jer 17:1. See Castel's Lexicon. From this example we may infer that the Chaldee language was nearly coequal with the Hebrew. A gloss made by St. Jerome, and which was probably only entered by him in his margin as a note, has crept into the text of the Vulgate. It is found in every copy of this version, and is as follows: Uterque juxta proprietatem linguae suae, Each according to the idiom of his own tongue.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 31:43-55

Laban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to own himself in fault, as he ought to have done. But he proposes a covenant of friendship between them, to which Jacob readily agrees. A heap of stones was raised, to keep up the memory of the event, writing being then not known or little used. A sacrifice of peace offerings was offered. Peace…

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Genesis 31:47 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּקְרָא\־vai.yik.ra'-and he calledH7121

ל֣וֹlo<to> <the> it

לָבָ֔ןla.VanLabanH3837

יְגַ֖רye.GarJegarH3026

שָׂהֲדוּתָ֑אsa.ha.du.Ta'SahaduthaH3026

וְיַֽעֲקֹ֔בve.ya.'a.Koand JacobH3290

קָ֥רָאKa.ra'he calledH7121

ל֖וֹlo<to> <the> it

גַּלְעֵֽד\׃gal.'EdGaleedH1567

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 31:47

Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jegar-sahadutha. i.e., the heap of witness. Chald. Galeed.i.e., the heap of witness. Heb.
Heb 12:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Genesis 31:46
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
Genesis 31:47
And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
Genesis 31:48
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

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Genesis 31:47 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y llamólo Labán Jegar Sahadutha: y lo llamó Jacob Galaad.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Laban l’appela Jegar-Sahadutha, et Jacob l’appela Galhed.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Laban nannte ihn Jegar Sahadutha, und Jakob nannte ihn Galed.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	quem vocavit Laban Tumulum testis: et Jacob, Acervum testimonii, uterque juxta proprietatem linguæ suæ.