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Genesis 31

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1 And he heard the words of Laban' sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father'; and of that which was our father' hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, I see your father' countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. 11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying , Jacob: And I said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. 13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. 14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father' house? 15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children': now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. 17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father'. 20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days'journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father' house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. 33 And Laban went into Jacob' tent, and into Leah' tent, and into the two maidservants'tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah' tent, and entered into Rachel' tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel' furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. 36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. 39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. 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 brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. 47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. 48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; 49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; 52 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. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. 

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Genesis 31

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1 Er hörte aber die Reden der Söhne Labans, die sagten: Jakob hat alles genommen, was unserem Vater gehört; und mit dem, was unserem Vater gehört, hat er sich all diesen Reichtum verschafft! (Ps 64:3; Ec 4:4; Ga 5:19) 2 Und Jakob sah, dass Labans Angesicht ihm gegenüber nicht mehr war wie früher. (Ge 30:27; Da 3:19) 3 Da sprach der HERR zu Jakob: Kehre zurück in das Land deiner Väter und zu deiner Verwandtschaft, und ich will mit dir sein! (Ge 28:15; Ge 32:9; Isa 41:10) 4 Und Jakob ließ Rahel und Lea zu seiner Herde aufs Feld hinausrufen 5 und sprach zu ihnen: Ich sehe, dass das Angesicht eures Vaters mir gegenüber nicht mehr ist wie früher; aber der Gott meines Vaters ist mit mir gewesen. (Ge 31:2; Ge 40:15) 6 Und ihr wisst, wie ich eurem Vater gedient habe mit meiner ganzen Kraft. (Ge 30:29; Ge 31:38) 7 Euer Vater aber hat mich betrogen und mir meinen Lohn zehnmal verändert; doch hat es Gott nicht zugelassen, dass er mir schaden durfte. (Ge 20:6; Ge 31:29; Ge 31:41; Nu 14:22; Ne 4:12; Job 1:10; Job 19:3; Ps 37:28; Ps 105:14) 8 Wenn er sagte: Die Gesprenkelten sollen dein Lohn sein!, so warf die ganze Herde Gesprenkelte; sagte er aber: Die Gestreiften sollen dein Lohn sein!, so warf die ganze Herde Gestreifte. (Ge 30:32) 9 So hat Gott eurem Vater die Herde genommen und sie mir gegeben. (Ge 31:1; Ge 31:16; 1Sa 2:7; Ps 50:10; Pr 13:22; Mt 20:15) 10 Es geschah nämlich zu der Zeit, wo die Tiere brünstig werden, dass ich meine Augen aufhob und im Traum schaute: Und siehe, die Böcke, die die Herde besprangen, waren gestreift, gesprenkelt und scheckig. (Ge 28:12; Ge 31:24; Nu 12:6; 1Ki 3:5) 11 Und der Engel Gottes sprach zu mir im Traum: Jakob! Und ich antwortete: Hier bin ich! (Ge 48:15; Ex 3:4; 1Sa 3:4; 1Sa 3:6; 1Sa 3:8; 1Sa 3:16) 12 Er aber sprach: Hebe doch deine Augen auf und sieh: Alle Böcke, welche die Schafe bespringen, sind gestreift, gesprenkelt und scheckig; denn ich habe alles gesehen, was dir Laban antut. (Ex 3:7; Ps 12:6) 13 Ich bin der Gott von Bethel, wo du den Gedenkstein gesalbt und mir ein Gelübde abgelegt hast. Nun mache dich auf, geh hinaus aus diesem Land und kehre zurück in das Land deiner Geburt! (Ge 28:18; Ge 31:3; Ge 32:9; Ge 35:7) 14 Da antworteten Rahel und Lea und sprachen zu ihm: Haben wir auch noch ein Teil oder Erbe im Haus unseres Vaters? (Ru 4:11) 15 Werden wir nicht von ihm angesehen, als wären wir fremd? Er hat uns ja verkauft und sogar unser Geld ganz verzehrt! (Ge 29:20; Ge 29:27; Ne 5:8) 16 Darum gehört auch all der Reichtum, den Gott unserem Vater genommen hat, uns und unseren Kindern. So tue du nun alles, was Gott dir gesagt hat! (Ge 30:35) 17 Da machte sich Jakob auf und lud seine Kinder und seine Frauen auf Kamele, (Ge 24:10; Ge 24:61) 18 und er führte all sein Vieh weg und seine ganze Habe, die er erworben hatte, seine eigene Herde, die er in Paddan-Aram erworben hatte, um zu seinem Vater Isaak ins Land Kanaan zu ziehen. (Ge 28:21; Ge 35:27) 19 Laban aber war weggegangen, um seine Schafe zu scheren; und Rahel stahl die Teraphim, die ihrem Vater gehörten.[1] (Jud 17:5; 1Sa 19:13; 1Sa 25:4; 2Sa 13:23; Ho 3:4) 20 Jakob aber täuschte Laban, den Aramäer, indem er ihm nicht mitteilte, dass er fliehen wollte. (Ge 27:36) 21 Und er machte sich auf, entfloh mit allem, was er hatte, und setzte über den Euphrat und wandte sein Angesicht dem Bergland von Gilead zu. (Ge 15:7; Ge 31:23; De 3:12; Jos 13:11; Jos 17:1; Jos 24:23) 22 Am dritten Tag aber wurde Laban gemeldet, dass Jakob geflohen sei. (Ge 30:36) 23 Da nahm er seine Brüder mit sich und jagte ihm nach, sieben Tagereisen weit, und er holte ihn ein auf dem Bergland von Gilead. (Ge 14:14; Ge 44:4) 24 Aber Gott kam nachts im Traum zu Laban, dem Aramäer, und sprach zu ihm: Hüte dich davor, mit Jakob anders als freundlich zu reden! (Ge 20:3; Ge 20:6; Nu 22:9; Nu 22:20; Job 33:14; Mt 1:20) 25 Als nun Laban den Jakob einholte, hatte Jakob sein Zelt auf dem Bergland aufgeschlagen; da schlug auch Laban mit seinen Brüdern sein Zelt auf dem Bergland von Gilead auf. 26 Und Laban sprach zu Jakob: Was hast du getan, dass du mich getäuscht und meine Töchter entführt hast, als wären sie Kriegsgefangene? (Ge 12:18; Ge 20:9; Ge 31:36) 27 Warum bist du heimlich geflohen und hast mich hintergangen und es mir nicht mitgeteilt? Ich hätte dich mit Freuden begleitet, mit Gesang, mit Tamburinen und Lautenspiel! (Ge 24:59; Job 21:12; Pr 26:24) 28 Du hast mich nicht einmal meine Enkel und Töchter küssen lassen; da hast du töricht gehandelt! (Ge 32:1; Ru 1:9; Ru 1:14; 1Sa 13:13; 1Ki 19:20; 2Ch 16:9) 29 Es stünde in meiner Macht, euch Schlimmes anzutun; aber der Gott eures Vaters hat gestern zu mir gesagt: Hüte dich, dass du mit Jakob anders als freundlich redest! (Ge 28:13; Ge 31:42; Ge 31:53; Ac 5:38) 30 Und nun bist du ja gegangen, weil du dich so sehr sehntest nach dem Haus deines Vaters; warum hast du aber meine Götter gestohlen? (Ge 31:19; Ge 31:34; Jud 6:31; Jud 18:24; Isa 37:18; Isa 46:1; Jer 10:5; Jer 10:11) 31 Da antwortete Jakob und sprach zu Laban: Ich fürchtete mich; denn ich sagte mir, du könntest mir deine Töchter entreißen! (Ge 20:11; Ge 31:26; Pr 29:25) 32 Was aber deine Götter betrifft — derjenige, bei dem du sie findest, soll nicht am Leben bleiben! In Gegenwart unserer Brüder sieh dir alles an, was bei mir ist, und nimm es dir! Jakob wusste nämlich nicht, dass Rahel sie gestohlen hatte. (Ge 44:9; 1Sa 12:3; 2Co 8:20; 2Co 12:17) 33 Da ging Laban in Jakobs Zelt und in Leas Zelt und in das Zelt der beiden Mägde, fand aber nichts. Und von Leas Zelt ging er in Rahels Zelt. 34 Rahel aber hatte die Teraphim genommen und sie in den Kamelsattel gelegt und sich daraufgesetzt. Und Laban durchsuchte das ganze Zelt, fand sie aber nicht. (Ge 31:19) 35 Da sprach sie zu ihrem Vater: Mein Herr möge nicht so grimmig dreinsehen, weil ich vor dir nicht aufstehen kann; es geht mir eben nach der Weise der Frauen! Er aber suchte eifrig und fand die Teraphim nicht. (Ex 20:12; Le 15:19; Le 19:3; Le 19:32) 36 Da wurde Jakob zornig und stritt mit Laban; und Jakob antwortete und sprach zu ihm: Was habe ich verbrochen, was habe ich gesündigt, dass du mir so hitzig nachgejagt bist? (Nu 16:15; Eph 4:26; Jas 1:19) 37 Da du nun allen meinen Hausrat durchstöbert hast, was hast du von all deinem Hausrat gefunden? Lege es hier vor meine und deine Brüder, damit sie schlichten zwischen uns! (1Sa 12:3; Heb 13:18) 38 Diese 20 Jahre bin ich bei dir gewesen; deine Mutterschafe und Ziegen wurden nie ihrer Jungen beraubt, und die Widder deiner Herde habe ich nicht gegessen! (Ge 31:41) 39 Was zerrissen wurde, habe ich dir nicht gebracht; ich musste es ersetzen, du hast es von meiner Hand gefordert, ob es bei Tag oder bei Nacht geraubt war. (Ex 22:10; Ex 22:30; Lu 2:8) 40 Es ging mir so: Am Tag verschmachtete ich vor Hitze und in der Nacht vor Frost, und der Schlaf floh von meinen Augen. (Ps 78:70) 41 Diese 20 Jahre lang habe ich dir in deinem Haus gedient, 14 Jahre um deine beiden Töchter und sechs Jahre um deine Schafe, und du hast mir meinen Lohn zehnmal verändert! (Ge 31:7; Ge 31:38; 1Co 15:10; 2Co 11:26) 42 Wenn nicht der Gott meines Vaters für mich gewesen wäre, der Gott Abrahams und der, den Isaak fürchtet, du hättest mich gewiss jetzt leer ziehen lassen; aber Gott hat mein Elend und die Arbeit meiner Hände angesehen und hat gestern Nacht Recht gesprochen! (Ge 26:24; Ge 29:32; Ge 31:53; Ex 3:7; 2Sa 16:12; 1Ch 12:17; Ps 10:14; Ps 76:12; Ps 124:1; Pr 1:7; Jud 1:9) 43 Laban antwortete und sprach zu Jakob: Die Töchter sind meine Töchter und die Kinder sind meine Kinder und die Herden sind meine Herden, und alles, was du siehst, gehört mir! Doch was kann ich heute diesen meinen Töchtern tun oder ihren Kindern, die sie geboren haben? (Ge 30:32; Ge 30:42) 44 Komm, wir wollen nun einen Bund machen, ich und du; der soll ein Zeuge sein zwischen mir und dir! (Ge 26:28; De 31:19; Jos 22:26; Jos 24:25; 1Sa 20:16) 45 Da nahm Jakob einen Stein und stellte ihn als Denkmal auf. (Ge 28:18) 46 Und Jakob sprach zu seinen Brüdern: Sammelt Steine! Da nahmen sie Steine und errichteten einen Steinhaufen und aßen dort auf dem Steinhaufen. (Jos 4:5; Jos 4:20) 47 Und Laban nannte ihn Jegar-Sahaduta; Jakob aber nannte ihn Gal-Ed. 48 Und Laban sprach: Dieser Steinhaufen sei heute Zeuge zwischen mir und dir! Darum wird er Gal-Ed genannt (Jos 22:27; Jos 24:27) 49 und Mizpa, weil er sprach: Der HERR wache zwischen mir und dir, wenn wir einander nicht mehr sehen! (Jos 13:26; Jud 10:17; 1Sa 7:5) 50 Wenn du meine Töchter schlecht behandelst und wenn du zu meinen Töchtern hinzu andere Frauen nimmst und kein Mensch dazwischentritt, siehe, so ist doch Gott Zeuge zwischen mir und dir! (Jud 11:10; 1Sa 12:5; Jer 42:5; Mic 1:2; Mal 3:5; 1Th 2:5) 51 Weiter sprach Laban zu Jakob: Siehe, dieser Steinhaufen und dieses Denkmal, das ich errichtet habe zwischen mir und dir, (Ge 31:46) 52 dieser Steinhaufen sei Zeuge und dieses Denkmal ein Zeugnis dafür, dass ich niemals über diesen Steinhaufen hinaus zu dir kommen will und dass auch du niemals in böser Absicht über diesen Steinhaufen oder über dieses Denkmal hinaus zu mir kommen sollst. (Ge 21:30) 53 Der Gott Abrahams und der Gott Nahors sei Richter zwischen uns, der Gott ihres Vaters! Jakob aber schwor bei dem, den sein Vater Isaak fürchtete. (Ge 11:27; Ge 16:5; Ex 3:6; 1Sa 24:13; 1Sa 24:16) 54 Und Jakob brachte ein Opfer dar auf dem Berg und lud seine Brüder[2] ein zu essen; und sie aßen und übernachteten auf dem Berg. (Ge 26:30) 

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Genesis 31

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1 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, ‘Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.’ 2 And Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude towards him was not what it had been. 3 Then the Lord said to Jacob, ‘Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.’ 4 So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to come out to the fields where his flocks were. 5 He said to them, ‘I see that your father’s attitude towards me is not what it was before, but the God of my father has been with me. 6 You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength, 7 yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me. 8 If he said, “The speckled ones will be your wages,” then all the flocks gave birth to speckled young; and if he said, “The streaked ones will be your wages,” then all the flocks bore streaked young. 9 So God has taken away your father’s livestock and has given them to me. 10 ‘In the breeding season I once had a dream in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted. 11 The angel of God said to me in the dream, “Jacob.” I answered, “Here I am.” 12 And he said, “Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you. 13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.” ’ 14 Then Rachel and Leah replied, ‘Do we still have any share in the inheritance of our father’s estate? 15 Does he not regard us as foreigners? Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us. 16 Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you.’ 17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels, 18 and he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated in Paddan Aram,[1] to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan. 19 When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household gods. 20 Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was running away. 21 So he fled with all he had, crossed the River Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead. 22 On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled. 23 Taking his relatives with him, he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead. 24 Then God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’ 25 Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there too. 26 Then Laban said to Jacob, ‘What have you done? You’ve deceived me, and you’ve carried off my daughters like captives in war. 27 Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so that I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of tambourines and harps? 28 You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing. 29 I have the power to harm you; but last night the God of your father said to me, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.” 30 Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?’ 31 Jacob answered Laban, ‘I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force. 32 But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live. In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself whether there is anything of yours here with me; and if so, take it.’ Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods. 33 So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he found nothing. After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them inside her camel’s saddle and was sitting on them. Laban searched through everything in the tent but found nothing. 35 Rachel said to her father, ‘Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I’m having my period.’ So he searched but could not find the household gods. 36 Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. ‘What is my crime?’ he asked Laban. ‘How have I wronged you that you hunt me down? 37 Now that you have searched through all my goods, what have you found that belongs to your household? Put it here in front of your relatives and mine, and let them judge between the two of us. 38 ‘I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks. 39 I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen by day or night. 40 This was my situation: the heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes. 41 It was like this for the twenty years I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times. 42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.’ 43 Laban answered Jacob, ‘The women are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks. All you see is mine. Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine, or about the children they have borne? 44 Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.’ 45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. 46 He said to his relatives, ‘Gather some stones.’ So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap. 47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.[2] 48 Laban said, ‘This heap is a witness between you and me today.’ That is why it was called Galeed. 49 It was also called Mizpah,[3] because he said, ‘May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. 50 If you ill-treat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no-one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.’ 51 Laban also said to Jacob, ‘Here is this heap, and here is this pillar I have set up between you and me. 52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap and pillar to my side to harm me. 53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.’ So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac. 54 He offered a sacrifice there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal. After they had eaten, they spent the night there. 55 Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.[4] 

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