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Genesis 31:46-49

46andיַעֲקֹ֤בya.'a.KoH3290hesaidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to his relativesלְאֶחָיו֙le.'e.ChavH251, “Gatherלִקְט֣וּlik.TuH3950somestonesאֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimH68.”So they tookוַיִּקְח֥וּvai.yik.ChuH3947stonesאֲבָנִ֖ים'a.va.NimH68and madeוַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213a moundגָ֑לGalH1530,and thereשָׁ֖םshamH8033byעַל־'al-H5921the moundהַגָּֽל׃ha.GalH1530they ateוַיֹּ֥אכְלוּvai.Yo.khe.luH398.
47Labanלָבָ֔ןla.VanH3837called itוַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-H7121Jegar-sahaduthaH3026,and Jacobוְיַֽעֲקֹ֔בve.ya.'a.KoH3290called itקָ֥רָאKa.ra'H7121Galeedגַּלְעֵֽד׃gal.'EdH1567.
48Then Labanלָבָ֔ןla.VanH3837declaredוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Thisהַזֶּ֥הha.ZehH2088moundהַגַּ֨לha.GalH1530is a witnessעֵ֛ד'edH5707between youבֵּינִ֥יbei.NiH996and meוּבֵינְךָ֖u.vei.ne.KhaH996this dayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117.”Thereforeעַל־ כֵּ֥ן'al- kenH5921H3651the place was calledקָרָֽא־ שְׁמ֖וֹka.ra'- she.MoH7121H8034Galeedגַּלְעֵֽד׃gal.'EdH1567.
49It wasalso called Mizpahוְהַמִּצְפָּה֙ve.ha.mitz.PahH4709,becauseאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834Labansaidאָמַ֔ר'a.MarH559, “May the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068keep watchיִ֥צֶףYi.tzefH6822between youבֵּינִ֣יbei.NiH996and meוּבֵינֶ֑ךָu.vei.Ne.khaH996whenכִּ֥יkiH3588we are absentנִסָּתֵ֖רni.sa.TerH5641from each otherאִ֥ישׁ מֵרֵעֵֽהוּ׃'ish me.re.'E.huH7453H376.
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