Kejadian 21:30

21:30 He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof ¹  that I dug this well.” ² 

Kejadian 31:47

31:47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, ³  but Jacob called it Galeed. ⁴ 

[21:30]  ¹ tn Heb “that it be for me for a witness.”

[21:30]  ² sn This well. Since the king wanted a treaty to share in Abraham’s good fortune, Abraham used the treaty to secure ownership of and protection for the well he dug. It would be useless to make a treaty to live in this territory if he had no rights to the water. Abraham consented to the treaty, but added his rider to it.

[31:47]  ³ sn Jegar Sahadutha. Laban the Aramean gave the place an Aramaic name which means “witness pile” or “the pile is a witness.”

[31:47]  ⁴ 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.