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Genesis 31:48-50
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 31:48-50
New Catholic Bible
48 Laban said, “Let this mound be today a witness between me and you.” Because of this he called it Galeed 49 and also Mizpah, because he said, “May the Lord keep watch between me and you when we will no longer see each other.[a] 50 If you mistreat my daughters and take other wives besides my daughters, be warned that God will be a judge between you and me.”
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- Genesis 31:49 May . . . other: the so-called Mizpah benediction, which in context is in fact a denunciation or curse.
