Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:44-54

44So now come, let’s 1make a covenant, 2you and I, and 3it shall be a witness between 4you and me.”

45Then Jacob took 5a stone and set it up as a memorial stone.

46Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

47Now Laban 6called it 7Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it 8Galeed.

48Laban said, “9This heap is a witness between 10you and me this day.” Therefore it was named Galeed,

49and 1112Mizpah, for he said, “May the Lord keep watch between 13you and me when we are 14absent one from the other.

50If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one is with us, see, 15God is witness between 16you and me.”

51Laban also said to Jacob, “Behold this heap and behold the memorial stone which I have set between 17you and me.

52This heap is a witness, and the memorial stone 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 memorial stone to me, for harm.

5318The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, 19judge between us.” So Jacob swore by 20the fear of his father Isaac.

54Then Jacob 21offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his relatives to 22the meal; and they ate 23the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 31:44 Gen 21:27, 32; 26:28 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 31:44 Lit I and you ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 31:44 Josh 24:27 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 31:44 Lit me and you ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 31:45 Gen 28:18; Josh 24:26, 27 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 31:47 Josh 22:34 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 31:47 I.e., the heap of witness, in Aram ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 31:47 I.e., the heap of witness, in Heb ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 31:48 Josh 24:27 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 31:48 Lit me and you ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 31:49 Lit the Mizpah; i.e., the watchtower ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 31:49 Judg 11:29; 1 Sam 7:5, 6 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 31:49 Lit me and you ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 31:49 Lit hidden ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 31:50 Jer 29:23; 42:5 ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 31:50 Lit me and you ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 31:51 Lit me and you ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 31:53 Gen 28:13 ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 31:53 Gen 16:5 ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 31:53 Gen 31:42 ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 31:54 Ex 18:12 ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 31:54 Lit eat bread ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 31:54 Lit bread ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 31

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