Genesis 31:44–54

⁴⁴“So now come, let us ^acut a covenant, ¹you and I, and ^blet it be a witness between ²you and me.”

⁴⁵Then Jacob took ^aa stone and raised it up as a pillar.

⁴⁶And Jacob said to his ¹relatives, “Gather stones.” So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

⁴⁷And Laban ^acalled it ¹Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it ²Galeed.

⁴⁸Then Laban said, “^aThis heap is a witness between ¹you and me this day.” Therefore it was named Galeed,

⁴⁹and ^1aMizpah, for he said, “May Yahweh watch between ²you and me when we are ³absent one from the other.

⁵⁰“If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us, see, ^aGod is witness between ¹you and me.”

⁵¹And Laban said to Jacob, “Behold this heap and behold the pillar which I have set between ¹you and me.

⁵²“This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass by this heap to you for harm, and you will not pass by this heap and this pillar to me for harm.

⁵³“^aThe God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, ^bjudge between us.” So Jacob swore by ^cthe dread of his father Isaac.

⁵⁴Then Jacob ^aoffered a sacrifice on the mountain and called his ¹relatives to eat a ²meal; and they ate ³the meal and spent the night on the mountain.