45 Then Jacob took (A)a stone and set it up as a pillar. 46 Jacob said to his [a]kinsmen, “Gather stones.” So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap. 47 Now Laban (B)called it [b]Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it [c]Galeed. 48 Laban said, “(C)This heap is a witness between [d]you and me this day.” Therefore it was named Galeed, 49 and [e](D)Mizpah, for he said, “May the Lord watch between [f]you and me when we are [g]absent one from the other.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:46 Lit brothers
  2. Genesis 31:47 I.e. the heap of witness, in Aram
  3. Genesis 31:47 I.e. the heap of witness, in Heb
  4. Genesis 31:48 Lit me and you
  5. Genesis 31:49 Lit the Mizpah; i.e. the watchtower
  6. Genesis 31:49 Lit me and you
  7. Genesis 31:49 Lit hidden