New American Standard Bible 2020

Genesis 31:44-47

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.

Read all of Genesis 31

Commentaries on Genesis 31