31:48 Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement 3 today.” That is why it was called Galeed.
1 sn Jegar Sahadutha. Laban the Aramean gave the place an Aramaic name which means “witness pile” or “the pile is a witness.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “a witness between me and you.”