Genesis 31:51

Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

50If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”

52This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar 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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