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Douay-Rheims
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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.
King James
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And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
Louis Second
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Laban dit: Que ce monceau serve aujourd'hui de témoignage entre moi et toi! C'est pourquoi on lui a donné le nom de Galed
Martin Luther
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Da sprach Laban: Der Haufe sei heute Zeuge zwischen mir und dir (daher heißt man ihn Gilead)
Vulgate
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dixitque Laban tumulus iste testis erit inter me et te hodie et idcirco appellatum est nomen eius Galaad id est tumulus Testis

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


tumulus : mound, grave, heap of earth.
testis : one who gives evidence, witness, spectator / testicle.
testis : martyr.
inter : approximately, about, around, roughly.
inter : (+ acc.) between, among.
me : (abl.) me /you'll do fine with ME, baby.
me : (acc.) me /that old black magic has ME in its spell.
te : (acc.) you /i got YOU, babe.
te : (abl.) you /no one's sweeter than YOU.
hodie : today.
idcirco : on that account, for that reason, for that purpose.
nomen : name.
testis : one who gives evidence, witness, spectator / testicle.
testis : martyr.