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Genesis 31:49-55 World English Bible (WEB)

49. and Mizpah, for he said, “Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

50. If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.”

51. Laban said to Jacob, “See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.

52. May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

53. The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.

54. Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.

55. Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.

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