Catholic Public Domain Version
"And Laban called it, ‘Tomb of Witness,’ and Jacob, ‘Pile of Testimony;’ each of them according to the fitness of his own language. "
— Genesis 31:47, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.”
“And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. ”
“Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.”
“Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.”
“And Laban called it, The witness heap; and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language.”
“And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.”
“And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.”
Come, therefore, let us enter into a pact, so that it may be a testimony between me and you.”
And so Jacob took a stone, and he set it up as a memorial.
And he said to his brothers, “Bring stones.” And they, gathering together stones, made a tomb, and they ate upon it.
And Laban called it, ‘Tomb of Witness,’ and Jacob, ‘Pile of Testimony;’ each of them according to the fitness of his own language.
And Laban said: “This tomb will be a witness between me and you this day.” (And for this reason, its name has been called Gilead, that is, ‘Tomb of Witness.’)
“May the Lord consider and judge between us, when we will have withdrawn from one another.
If you afflict my daughters, and if you bring in other wives over them, no one is a witness of our words except God, who understands beforehand.”