Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:44-54

44ComeH1980 nowH6258, let us makeH3772 a covenantH1285, youH859 and IH589, and let it serve asH1961 a witnessH5707 between you and meH996.”

45So JacobH3290 picked outH3947 a stoneH68 and set it upH7311 as a pillarH4676, 46andH3290 he saidH559 to his relativesH251, “GatherH3950 some stonesH68.” So they tookH3947 stonesH68 and madeH6213 a moundH1530, and thereH8033 byH5921 the moundH1530 they ateH398. 47LabanH3837 called itH7121 Jegar-sahaduthaH3026, and JacobH3290 called itH7121 GaleedH1567.1

48Then LabanH3837 declaredH559, “ThisH2088 moundH1530 is a witnessH5707 between youH996 and meH996 this dayH3117.”

ThereforeH5921H3651 the place was calledH7121H8034 GaleedH1567. 49It was also called MizpahH4709,2 becauseH834 Laban saidH559, “May the LORDH3068 keep watchH6822 between youH996 and meH996 whenH3588 we are absentH5641 from each otherH7453H376. 50IfH518 you mistreatH6031 my daughtersH1323 orH518 takeH3947 otherH5921H1323 wivesH802, although noH369 oneH376 is with usH5973, rememberH7200 that GodH430 is a witnessH5707 between you and meH996.”

51LabanH3837 also saidH559 to JacobH3290, “Here isH2009 theH2088H2009 moundH1530, and here is the pillarH4676 I have set upH3384 between you and meH996. 52ThisH2088 moundH1530 is a witnessH5707, and this pillarH4676 is a witnessH5713, thatH518 IH589 will notH3808 go pastH5674 thisH2088H518 moundH1530 to harm youH413, and youH859 will notH3808 go pastH5674H413 thisH2088 moundH1530 andH2063 pillarH4676 to harm meH7451. 53May the GodH430 of AbrahamH85 and the GodH430 of NahorH5152, the GodH430 of their fatherH1, judgeH8199 between usH996.”

So JacobH3290 sworeH7650 by the FearH6343 of his fatherH1 IsaacH3327.

54Then JacobH3290 offeredH2076 a sacrificeH2077 on the mountainH2022 and invitedH7121 his relativesH251 to eatH398 a mealH3899. And after they had eatenH398H3899, they spent the nightH3885 on the mountainH2022.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 31:47 The Aramaic Jegar-sahadutha and the Hebrew Galeed both mean heap of witnesses. ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 31:49 Mizpah means watchtower. ↩

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