Joshua 22:10

Civil War is Averted

22:10 The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan and built there, near the Jordan, an impressive altar. ¹ 

Joshua 22:34

22:34 The Reubenites and Gadites named the altar, “Surely it is a Reminder to us ²  that the Lord is God.”

Joshua 24:27

24:27 Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. ³  It will be a witness against you if ⁴  you deny your God.”

Genesis 31:48

31:48 Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement ⁵  today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

Genesis 31:52

31:52 “This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me. ⁶ 

Genesis 31:1

Jacob’s Flight from Laban

31:1 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining, ⁷  “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich ⁸  at our father’s expense!” ⁹ 

Genesis 7:12

7:12 And the rain fell ¹⁰  on the earth forty days and forty nights.

¹ tn Heb “and they went to Geliloth of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar near the Jordan, an altar great with respect to appearance.”

² tn Heb “a witness between us.”

³ tn Heb “all the words of the Lord which he spoke with us.”

⁴ tn Or “lest,” “so that you might not.”

⁵ tn Heb “a witness between me and you.”

⁶ tn Heb “This pile is a witness and the pillar is a witness, if I go past this pile to you and if you go past this pile and this pillar to me for harm.”

⁷ tn Heb “and he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying.”

⁸ sn The Hebrew word translated “gotten rich” (כָּבוֹד, cavod) has the basic idea of “weight.” If one is heavy with possessions, then that one is wealthy (13:2). Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph all became wealthy when they left the promised land. Jacob’s wealth foreshadows what will happen to Israel when they leave the land of Egypt (Exod 12:35-38).

⁹ tn Heb “and from that which belonged to our father he has gained all this wealth.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “was.”