Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:43-47

43And LabanH3837 answeredH6030 and saidH559 unto JacobH3290, These daughtersH1323 are my daughtersH1323, and these childrenH1121 are my childrenH1121, and these cattleH6629 are my cattleH6629, and all that thou seestH7200 is mine: and what can I doH6213 this dayH3117 unto these my daughtersH1323, orH176 unto their childrenH1121 which they have bornH3205? 44Now therefore come thouH3212, let us makeH3772 a covenantH1285, I and thou; and let it be for a witnessH5707 between me and thee. 45And JacobH3290 tookH3947 a stoneH68, and set it upH7311 for a pillarH4676. 46And JacobH3290 saidH559 unto his brethrenH251, GatherH3950 stonesH68; and they tookH3947 stonesH68, and madeH6213 an heapH1530: and they did eatH398 there upon the heapH1530. 47And LabanH3837 calledH7121 it Jegar–sahaduthaH3026: but JacobH3290 calledH7121 it GaleedH1567.12

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 31:47 Jegar–sahadutha: that is, The heap of witness, Chaldee. ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 31:47 Galeed: that is, The heap of witness, Heb. ↩

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