Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:44-47

44So come, let’s make a covenant, you and I, and it will be a witness to our commitment.”

45So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a monument.

46Then he told his family members, “Gather some stones.” So they gathered stones and piled them in a heap. Then Jacob and Laban sat down beside the pile of stones to eat a covenant meal.

47To commemorate the event, Laban called the place Jegar-sahadutha (which means “witness pile” in Aramaic), and Jacob called it Galeed (which means “witness pile” in Hebrew).

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