Genesis 31:47
And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
And Laban called it †Iegar-Sahadutha: but Iacob called it Galeed.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Translator clarificationThat is, The heape of witnesse.
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- Hebrews 12:1Rank 1 from verse 47
1WHEREFORE 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,
1¶ Wherefore, seeing wee also are compassed about with so great a cloude of witnesses, let vs lay aside euery weight, & the sinne which doth so easily beset vs, and let vs runne with patience vnto the race that is set before vs,
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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31:43¶ And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
31:43¶ And Laban answered and said vnto Iacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattell are my cattell, and all that thou seest, is mine: and what can I doe this day vnto these my daughters, or vnto their children which they haue borne?
31:44Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
31:44Now therefore come thou, let vs make a couenant, I and thou: and let it be for a witnesse betweene me and thee.
31:45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
31:45And Iacob tooke a stone, and set it vp for a pillar.
31:46And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
31:46And Iacob saide vnto his brethren, Gather stones: and they tooke stones, and made an heape, and they did eate there vpon the heape.
31:47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
31:47And Laban called it †Iegar-Sahadutha: but Iacob called it Galeed.
Selected passage31:48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
31:48And Laban said, This heape is a witnesse betweene mee and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,
31:49And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
31:49And †Mizpah: for he said, The LORD watch betweene me and thee when we are absent one from another.
31:50If 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.
31:50If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wiues beside my daughters, no man is with vs; See, God is witnesse betwixt mee and thee.
31:51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
31:51And Laban said to Iacob, Behold this heape, and behold this pillar, which I haue cast betwixt me and thee.
31:52This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
31:52This heape be witnesse, and this pillar be witnesse, that I will not passe ouer this heape to thee, and that thou shalt not passe ouer this heape, and this pillar vnto me, for harme.
31:53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
31:53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, iudge betwixt vs. And Iacob sware by the feare of his father Isaac.
31:54Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
31:54Then Iacob ‖offred sacrifice vpon the mount, and called his brethren to eate bread, and they did eate bread, and taried all night in the mount.
31:55And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
31:55And earely in the morning, Laban rose vp and kissed his sonnes, and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned vnto his place.