Genesis 31:47 (WEB)
Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“But when he wished to enter the holy land, he raised on Mount Galeed the heap of witness, in token that the lord of Mesopotamia had failed to find anything among his baggage, and there swore that he would never return to the…” — editor's note: Gen. xxxi. 46–49, where the heap itself is called Galeed.
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Basil the Great
“Moreover, Joshua, the son of Nun, even set up a stone as witness of his words (already a heap somewhere had been called a witness by Jacob), for he says, “Behold this stone shall be a witness unto you this day to the end of days, when ye lie to the Lord our God,” perhaps believing that by God’s…” — editor's note: Gen. xxxi. 47.
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Gregory the Great
“For Gilead is by interpretation a heap of witness (Gen. xxxi. 47, 48).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 12.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 12.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 12.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 12.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.25.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.25.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 12.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 12.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 12.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.25.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.25.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 12.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 12.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.25.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 12.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 12.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 12.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.25.
