Bible Location
Meaning: the heap of witness · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Galeed was the heap of stones erected by Jacob and Laban as a witness to their covenant. It is important because it turns a border tension into a named memorial of mutual restraint. First appears in Gen 31:47.1
Place meaning
the heap of witness
Coordinates
32.57, 36.01
First appears
Gen 31:47
AI summary: Galeed matters because it is a place literally created by covenant-making. The heap embodies witness, separation, and agreed peace between Jacob and Laban, and the two-language naming deepens the sense of shared yet divided worlds. The cross references present Galeed as a man-made landmark of witness and boundary.1
Place meaning
the heap of witness
Latitude
32.57
Longitude
36.01
Bible references
2
Heap of witness, the name of the pile of stones erected by Jacob and Laban to mark the league of friendship into which they entered with each other (Gen. 31:47, 48). This was the name given to the “heap” by Jacob. It is Hebrew, while the name Jegar-sahadutha, given to it by Laban, is Aramaic (Chaldee or Syriac). Probably Nahor’s family originally spoke Aramaic, and Abraham and his descendants learned Hebrew, a kindred dialect, in the land of Canaan. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.