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Jegar-sahadutha

Pile of testimony, the Aramaic or Syriac name which Laban gave to the pile of stones erected as a memorial of the covenant between him and Jacob (Gen. 31:47), who, however, called it in Hebrew by an equivalent name, Galeed (q.v.).

In the Bible

Verses where Jegar-sahadutha is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

Genesis 31:47
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

Scripture on Jegar-sahadutha

Genesis 31

Jegar-sahadutha references

Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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