Genesis 31:43-55

Legacy Standard Bible

The Covenant at Mizpah

⁴³ Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and ^(A)the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these daughters of mine or to their children whom they have borne? ⁴⁴ So now come, let us ^(B)cut a covenant, ^[a]you and I, and ^(C)let it be a witness between ^[b]you and me.” ⁴⁵ Then Jacob took ^(D)a stone and raised it up as a pillar. ⁴⁶ And Jacob said to his ^[c]relatives, “Gather stones.” So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap. ⁴⁷ And Laban ^(E)called it ^[d]Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it ^[e]Galeed. ⁴⁸ Then Laban said, “^(F)This heap is a witness between ^[f]you and me this day.” Therefore it was named Galeed, ⁴⁹ and ^[g](G)Mizpah, for he said, “May Yahweh watch between ^[h]you and me when we are ^[i]absent 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, ^(H)God is witness between ^[j]you and me.” ⁵¹ And Laban said to Jacob, “Behold this heap and behold the pillar which I have set between ^[k]you 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 (I)The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, ^(J)judge between us.” So Jacob swore by ^(K)the dread of his father Isaac. ⁵⁴ Then Jacob ^(L)offered a sacrifice on the mountain and called his ^[l]relatives to eat a ^[m]meal; and they ate ^[n]the meal and spent the night on the mountain. ^55 [o]And Laban arose early in the morning and ^(M)kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his place.