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Bereshis 31:44-52 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

44. Now therefore come thou, let us cut a brit, I and thou; and let it be for an ed between me and thee.

45. And Ya'akov took an even, and set it up for a matzevah (pillar).

46. And Ya'akov said unto his achim, Gather avanim; and they took avanim, and made a gal (heap, mound); and they did eat there upon the gal.

47. And Lavan called it Yegar Sahaduta; but Ya'akov called it Gale'ed ("Heap of Witness").

48. And Lavan said, This gal (heap, mound) is an ed (witness) between me and thee this day. Therefore was shmo called Gale'ed;

49. And Mitzpah (Watch); for he said, Hashem watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

50. If thou shalt afflict my banot, or if thou shalt take nashim besides my banot, no man is with us; see, Elohim ed beini uveinecha (Elohim is witness between me and you).

51. And Lavan said to Ya'akov, Hinei this gal (heap, mound), and hinei the matzevah (pillar), which I have cast between me and thee;

52. This gal (heap, mound) be ed (witness), and this matzevah (pillar) be edah (witness), that for ra'ah I will not pass over this gal to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this gal and this matzevah unto me.

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