Genesis 31:51

And Laban says to Jacob, “Behold, this heap, and behold, the standing pillar which I have cast 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, or take wives beside my daughters—there is no man with us—see, God [is] witness between me and you.”

52this heap [is] witness, and the standing pillar [is] witness, that I do not pass over this heap to you, and that you do not pass over this heap and this standing pillar to me—for evil;

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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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