Genesis 31:21
21He fled with all that he had and arose and crossed the aEuphrates, ▼▼Hebrew the River
and cset his face toward the hill country of Gilead. Genesis 31:47-48
47Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, ▼▼Aramaic the heap of witness
but Jacob called it Galeed. ▼▼Hebrew the heap of witness
48Laban said, f“This heap is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore he named it Galeed, Numbers 32:1
Reuben and Gad Settle in Gilead
1Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of gJazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock.Numbers 32:39
39And the sons of hMachir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
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