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The Covenant at Galeed and Mizpah
Genesis 31:43-55
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And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob, `The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing is mine; and to my daughters--what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born?
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and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.'
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And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up for a standing pillar;
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and Jacob saith to his brethren, `Gather stones,' and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap;
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and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.
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And Laban saith, `This heap is witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;
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Mizpah also, for he said, `Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;
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if thou afflict my daughters, or take wives beside my daughters--there is no man with us--see, God is witness between me and thee.'
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And Laban saith to Jacob, `Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee;
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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;
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the 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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And Jacob sacrificeth a sacrifice in the mount, and calleth to his brethren to eat bread, and they eat bread, and lodge in the mount;
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and Laban riseth early in the morning, and kisseth his sons and his daughters, and blesseth them; and Laban goeth on, and turneth back to his place.
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