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Genesis 31:45-51 Common English Bible (CEB)

45. So Jacob took a stone, set it up as a sacred pillar,

46. and said to his relatives, "Gather stones." So they took stones, made a mound, and ate there near the mound.

47. Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

48. Laban said, "This mound is our witness today," and, therefore, he too named it Galeed.

49. He also named it Mizpah, because he said, "The Lord will observe both of us when we are separated from each other.

50. If you treat my daughters badly and if you marry other women, though we aren’t there, know that God observed our witness."

51. Laban said to Jacob, "Here is this mound and here is the sacred pillar that I’ve set up for us.

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