New American Standard Bible 2020

Genesis 31:43-47

43Then Labanלָבָ֜ןla.VanH3837repliedוַיַּ֨עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030to Jacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290, “The daughtersהַבָּנ֨וֹתha.ba.NotH1323are my daughtersבְּנֹתַ֜יbe.no.TaiH1323, thechildrenוְהַבָּנִ֤יםve.ha.ba.NimH1121are mygrandchildrenבָּנַי֙ba.NaiH1121,the flocksוְהַצֹּ֣אןve.ha.TzonH6629are my flocksצֹאנִ֔יtzo.NiH6629,and everythingוְכֹ֛לve.KholH3605that you seeרֹאֶ֖הro.'EhH7200is mine. But whatמָֽה־mah-H4100can I doאֶֽעֱשֶׂ֤ה'e.'e.SehH6213this dayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117to theseלָאֵ֙לֶּה֙la.'E.lehH428daughtersוְלִבְנֹתַ֞יve.liv.no.TaiH1323of mine orא֥וֹ'oH176to their childrenלִבְנֵיהֶ֖ןliv.nei.HenH1121to whomH834they have givenH3205birthH3205?

44So nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258comeלְכָ֛הle.KhahH1980, let’smakeנִכְרְתָ֥הnikh.re.TahH3772a covenantבְרִ֖יתve.RitH1285, you and I, andit shall be a witnessלְעֵ֖דle.'EdH5707betweenH996you and me.”

45Then Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290tookוַיִּקַּ֥חvai.yi.KachH3947a stoneאָ֑בֶן'A.venH68and setH7311it upH7311asa memorialH4676stoneH4676.

46Jacobיַעֲקֹ֤בya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to his relativesלְאֶחָיו֙le.'e.ChavH251, “Gatherלִקְט֣וּlik.TuH3950stonesאֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimH68.”So they tookוַיִּקְח֥וּvai.yik.ChuH3947stonesאֲבָנִ֖ים'a.va.NimH68and madeוַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213a heapגָ֑לGalH1530,and they ateוַיֹּ֥אכְלוּvai.Yo.khe.luH398thereשָׁ֖םshamH8033by the heapהַגָּֽל׃ha.GalH1530.

47Now Labanלָבָ֔ןla.VanH3837calledוַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-H7121itJegar-sahaduthaH3026,but Jacobוְיַֽעֲקֹ֔בve.ya.'a.KoH3290calledקָ֥רָאKa.ra'H7121itGaleedגַּלְעֵֽד׃gal.'EdH1567.

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