Genesis 31:43-55 (New Living Translation)
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Then Laban replied to Jacob, "These women are my daughters, and these children are my grandchildren, and these flocks and all that you have – all are mine. But what can I do now to my own daughters and grandchildren?
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Come now, and we will make a peace treaty, you and I, and we will live by its terms."
45
So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a monument.
46
He also told his men to gather stones and pile them up in a heap. Jacob and Laban then sat down beside the pile of stones to share a meal.
47
They named it "Witness Pile," which is Jegar-sahadutha in Laban's language and Galeed a in Jacob's.
48
"This pile of stones will stand as a witness to remind us of our agreement," Laban said.
49
This place was also called Mizpah, b for Laban said, "May the LORD keep watch between us to make sure that we keep this treaty when we are out of each other's sight.
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I won't know about it if you are harsh to my daughters or if you take other wives, but God will see it.
51
This heap of stones and this pillar
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stand between us as a witness of our vows. I will not cross this line to harm you, and you will not cross it to harm me.
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I call on the God of our ancestors – the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor – to punish either one of us who harms the other."So Jacob took an oath before the awesome God of his father, Isaac, to respect the boundary line.
54
Then Jacob presented a sacrifice to God and invited everyone to a feast. Afterward they spent the night there in the hills.
55
Laban got up early the next morning, and he kissed his daughters and grandchildren and blessed them. Then he returned home.
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a.
Genesis 31:47 - Jegar-sahadutha means "witness pile" in Aramaic; Galeed means "witness pile" in Hebrew.
b.
Genesis 31:49 - Mizpah means "watchtower."