Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:45-52

45So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a [memorial] pillar.

46Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a mound [of stones], and they ate [a ceremonial meal together] there on the mound [of stones].

47Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha (stone monument of testimony in Aramaic), but Jacob called it Galeed.

48Laban said, “This mound [of stones] is a witness [a reminder of the oath taken] today between you and me.” Therefore he [also] called the name Galeed,

49and Mizpah (watchtower), for Laban said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent from one another.

50If you should mistreat (humiliate, oppress) my daughters, or if you should take other wives besides my daughters, although no one is with us [as a witness], see and remember, God is witness between you and me.”

51Laban said to Jacob, “Look at this mound [of stones] and look at this pillar which I have set up between you and me.

52This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass by this mound to harm you, and that you will not pass by this mound and this pillar to harm me.

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