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And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters and the sons my sons. And the flocks are my flocks; yea, all which you see, it is mine and my daughters'.What can I do to these today, or to theirsons whom they have borne?

And now come, let us cut a covenant, you and me; and let it be a witness between you and me.

And Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial.

And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones. And they took stones and they made a memorial pillar.

And Laban called it, Heap of the Testimony. And Jacob called it in Hebrew, Heap of Testimony.

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between you and between me today; so he called its name Heap of Testimony;

also, Watchtower; for he said, May Jehovah watch between you and me, for we are hidden, when we are out of sight, each from his neighbor.

If you will not afflict my daughters, and if you will not take wives above my daughters, no man is with us. Behold! God is a witness between you and me.

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set between you and me.

This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a testimony. As for me, I will not pass over this heap to you; and as for you, you will not pass over this heap and this pillar for evil to me.

The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, the God of their father, let judge between us. And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

And Jacob sacrificed a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brothers to eat bread. And they ate bread and lodged on the mountain.

And Laban rose up early in the morning and kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them. And Laban went away and returned to his own place.