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45 So Jacob took a large rock and set it up on its end.
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So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.
46 He told his relatives to gather rocks, so they took the rocks and piled them up; then they ate beside the pile.
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He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.
47 Laban named that place in his language A Pile to Remind Us, and Jacob gave the place the same name in Hebrew.
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Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
48 Laban said to Jacob, "This pile of rocks will remind us of the agreement between us." That is why the place was called A Pile to Remind Us.
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Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” That is why it was called Galeed.
49 It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, "Let the Lord watch over us while we are separated from each other.
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It was also called Mizpah, because he said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.
50 Remember that God is our witness even if no one else is around us. He will know if you harm my daughters or marry other women.
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If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
51 Here is the pile of rocks that I have put between us and here is the rock I set up on end.
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Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is this heap, and here is this pillar I have set up between you and me.
52 This pile of rocks and this rock set on end will remind us of our agreement. I will never go past this pile to hurt you, and you must never come to my side of them to hurt me.
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This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap and pillar to my side to harm me.
53 Let the God of Abraham, who is the God of Nahor and the God of their fathers, punish either of us if we break this agreement." So Jacob made a promise in the name of the God whom his father Isaac worshiped.
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May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.
54 Then Jacob killed an animal and offered it as a sacrifice on the mountain, and he invited his relatives to share in the meal. After they finished eating, they spent the night on the mountain.
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He offered a sacrifice there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal. After they had eaten, they spent the night there.
55 Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them, and then he left to return home.
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Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.
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