New American Standard Bible 1995
Genesis 31:43-53
43Then Laban replied to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and 1the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne?
44So now come, let us 2make a covenant, 3you and I, and 4let it be a witness between 5you and me.”
45Then Jacob took 6a stone and set it up as a pillar.
46Jacob said to his 7kinsmen, “Gather stones.” So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.
47Now Laban 8called it 9Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it 10Galeed.
48Laban said, “11This heap is a witness between 12you and me this day.” Therefore it was named Galeed,
49and 1314Mizpah, for he said, “May the Lord watch between 15you and me when we are 16absent one from the other.
50If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us, see, 17God is witness between 18you and me.”
51Laban said to Jacob, “Behold this heap and behold the pillar which I have set between 19you and me.
52This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass by this heap to you for harm, and you will not pass by this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
5320The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, 21judge between us.” So Jacob swore by 22the fear of his father Isaac.
Notes
- 1. Genesis 31:43 Gen 31:1 ↩
- 2. Genesis 31:44 Gen 21:27, 32; 26:28 ↩
- 3. Genesis 31:44 Lit I and you ↩
- 4. Genesis 31:44 Josh 24:27 ↩
- 5. Genesis 31:44 Lit me and you ↩
- 6. Genesis 31:45 Gen 28:18; Josh 24:26, 27 ↩
- 7. Genesis 31:46 Lit brothers ↩
- 8. Genesis 31:47 Josh 22:34 ↩
- 9. Genesis 31:47 I.e. the heap of witness, in Aram ↩
- 10. Genesis 31:47 I.e. the heap of witness, in Heb ↩
- 11. Genesis 31:48 Josh 24:27 ↩
- 12. Genesis 31:48 Lit me and you ↩
- 13. Genesis 31:49 Lit the Mizpah; i.e. the watchtower ↩
- 14. Genesis 31:49 Judg 11:29; 1 Sam 7:5, 6 ↩
- 15. Genesis 31:49 Lit me and you ↩
- 16. Genesis 31:49 Lit hidden ↩
- 17. Genesis 31:50 Jer 29:23; 42:5 ↩
- 18. Genesis 31:50 Lit me and you ↩
- 19. Genesis 31:51 Lit me and you ↩
- 20. Genesis 31:53 Gen 28:13 ↩
- 21. Genesis 31:53 Gen 16:5 ↩
- 22. Genesis 31:53 Gen 31:42 ↩
Commentaries on Genesis 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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