Genesis 31:43-55

The Covenant at Mizpah

43 Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and ^athe flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these daughters of mine or to their children whom they have borne? 44 So now come, let us ^acut a covenant, ¹you and I, and ^blet it be a witness between ²you and me.” 45 Then Jacob took ^aa stone and raised it up as a pillar. 46 And Jacob said to his ¹relatives, “Gather stones.” So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap. 47 And Laban ^acalled it ¹Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it ²Galeed. 48 Then Laban said, “^aThis heap is a witness between ¹you and me this day.” Therefore it was named Galeed, 49 and ¹^aMizpah, for he said, “May Yahweh watch between ²you and me when we are ³absent one from the other. 50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us, see, ^aGod is witness between ¹you and me.” 51 And Laban said to Jacob, “Behold this heap and behold the pillar which I have set between ¹you and me. 52 This heap is a witness, and the pillar 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 pillar to me for harm. 53 ^aThe God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, ^bjudge between us.” So Jacob swore by ^cthe dread of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob ^aoffered a sacrifice on the mountain and called his ¹relatives to eat a ²meal; and they ate ²the meal and spent the night on the mountain. 55 ¹And Laban arose early in the morning and ^akissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his place.

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