Genesis 31:51

And again he said to Jacob. “Lo, this tomb and the stone that I have set up between me and you,

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And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

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50If you afflict my daughters, and if you bring in other wives over them, no one is a witness of our words except God, who understands beforehand.”

52will be a witness. This tomb,” I say, “and the stone, they are for testimony, in case either I cross beyond it going toward you, or you cross beyond it thinking to harm me.

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Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:44-55

Jacob's Covenant with Laban. ( b. c. 1739.) 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his… Read the whole commentary →

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