Kejadian 31:44

31:44 So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, ¹  you and I, and it will be ²  proof that we have made peace.” ³ 

Kejadian 31:47-48

31:47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, ⁴  but Jacob called it Galeed. ⁵ 

31:48 Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement ⁶  today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

Kejadian 31:50

31:50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize ⁷  that God is witness to your actions.” ⁸ 

Kejadian 31:52

31:52 “This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

² tn The verb הָיָה (hayah) followed by the preposition לְ (lÿ) means “become.”

³ tn Heb “and it will become a witness between me and you.”

⁴ sn Jegar Sahadutha. Laban the Aramean gave the place an Aramaic name which means “witness pile” or “the pile is a witness.”

⁵ sn Galeed also means “witness pile” or “the pile is a witness,” but this name is Canaanite or Western Semitic and closer to later Hebrew. Jacob, though certainly capable of speaking Aramaic, here prefers to use the western dialect.

⁶ tn Heb “a witness between me and you.”

⁷ tn Heb “see.”

⁸ tn Heb “between me and you.”

⁹ tn Heb “This pile is a witness and the pillar is a witness, if I go past this pile to you and if you go past this pile and this pillar to me for harm.”