Genesis 31:51

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold, this heap, and this pillar are a witness.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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;

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50If thou shalt humble my daughters, if thou shouldest take wives in addition to my daughters, see, there is no one with us looking on. God is witness between me and thee.

52For if I should not cross over unto thee, neither shouldest thou cross over to me, for mischief beyond this heap and this pillar.

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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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