Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
48 Laban said to Jacob, "This pile of rocks will be a reminder for both of us." That is why that place was named Galeed.
48
Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” That is why it was called Galeed.
49 Laban also said, "May the Lord keep an eye on us while we are separated from each other." So the place was also named Mizpah.
49
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 Laban went on, "If you mistreat my daughters or if you marry other women, even though I don't know about it, remember that God is watching us.
50
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 are the rocks that I have piled up between us, and here is the memorial stone.
51
Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is this heap, and here is this pillar I have set up between you and me.
52 Both this pile and this memorial stone are reminders. I will never go beyond this pile to attack you, and you must never go beyond it or beyond this memorial stone to attack me.
52
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 The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor will judge between us." Then, in the name of the God whom his father Isaac worshiped, Jacob solemnly vowed to keep this promise.
53
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 He killed an animal, which he offered as a sacrifice on the mountain, and he invited his men to the meal. After they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.
54
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.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.