42. unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now empty thou hadst sent me away; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen, and reproveth yesternight.'
43. And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob, `The daughters [are] my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing [is] mine; and to my daughters--what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born?
44. and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.'
45. And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up [for] a standing pillar;
46. and Jacob saith to his brethren, `Gather stones,' and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap;
47. and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.
48. And Laban saith, `This heap [is] witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;
49. Mizpah also, for he said, `Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;
50. if thou afflict my daughters, or take wives beside my daughters--there is no man with us--see, God [is] witness between me and thee.'
51. And Laban saith to Jacob, `Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee;
52. this heap [is] witness, and the standing pillar [is] witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me--for evil;
53. the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us--the God of their father,' and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac.
54. And Jacob sacrificeth a sacrifice in the mount, and calleth to his brethren to eat bread, and they eat bread, and lodge in the mount;