Genesis 31:52

this heap [is] witness, and the standing pillar [is] witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me — for evil;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

In Context

51And Laban saith to Jacob, 'Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee;

53the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us — the God of their father,' and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:48And Laban saith, 'This heap [is] witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;

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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