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And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the cattle are my cattle, and all things which thou seest are mine, and of my daughters; what shall I do to them to-day, or their children which they bore?
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Now then come, let me make a covenant, both I and thou, and it shall be for a witness between me and thee; and he said to him, Behold, there is no one with us; behold, God is witness between me and thee.
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And Jacob having taken a stone, set it up for a pillar.
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And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they gathered stones and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap; and Laban said to him, This heap witnesses between me and thee to-day.
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And Laban called it, the Heap of Testimony; and Jacob called it, the Witness Heap.