Genesis 31:48
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And Laban said: This heap shall be a witness between me and thee this day, and therefore the name thereof was called Galaad, that is, The witness heap.

This heap.

Joshua 24:27 And he said to all the people: Behold this stone shall be a testimony unto you, that it hath heard all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken to you: lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it, and lie to the Lord your God.

Galeed.

Genesis 31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days; and overtook him in the mount of Galaad.

Deuteronomy 2:36 From Aroer, which is upon the bank of the torrent Arnon, a town that is situate in a valley, as far as Galaad. There was not a village or city, that escaped our hands: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:

Deuteronomy 3:16 And to the tribes of Ruben and Gad I gave of the land of Galaad as far as the torrent Arnon, half the torrent, and the confines even unto the torrent Jeboc, which is the border of the children of Ammon:

Joshua 13:8,9 With whom Ruben and Gad have possessed the land, which Moses the servant of the Lord delivered to them beyond the river Jordan, on the east side. . . .

Context
Jacob's Covenant with Laban
47And Laban called it, The witness heap; and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language. 48And Laban said: This heap shall be a witness between me and thee this day, and therefore the name thereof was called Galaad, that is, The witness heap.49The Lord behold and judge between us, when we shall be gone one from the other.…
Cross References
Genesis 21:30
But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

Joshua 22:27
But for a testimony between us and you, and our posterity and yours, that we may serve the Lord, and that we may have a right to offer both holocausts, and victims and sacrifices of peace offerings: and that your children to morrow may not say to our children: You have no part in the Lord.

Joshua 24:27
And he said to all the people: Behold this stone shall be a testimony unto you, that it hath heard all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken to you: lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it, and lie to the Lord your God.

Lexicon
Then Laban
לָבָ֔ן (lā·ḇān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob

declared,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“This
הַזֶּ֥ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

mound
הַגַּ֨ל (hag·gal)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1530: Something rolled, a heap of stone, dung, a spring of water

is a witness
עֵ֛ד (‘êḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince

between you
בֵּינִ֥י (bê·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

and me
וּבֵינְךָ֖ (ū·ḇê·nə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

this day.”
הַיּ֑וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

Therefore
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the place was called
קָרָֽא־ (qā·rā-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

Galeed,
גַּלְעֵֽד׃ (gal·‘êḏ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1567: Galeed -- 'witness-pile', a memorial of stones East of the Jordan River


Additional Translations
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed,And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and the pillar, which I have set between me and thee; this heap witnesses, and this pillar witnesses; therefore its name was called, the Heap witnesses.

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,

And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:

Laban said, "This heap is witness between me and you this day." Therefore it was named Galeed

And Laban saith, 'This heap is witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;
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