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Then Laban replied to Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the ^(F1)children are my ^(F1)grandchildren, ^(C1)the flocks are my flocks, and everything that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these daughters of mine or to their children to whom they have given birth?

"So now come, let's ^(C1)make a covenant, ^(F1)you and I, and ^(C2)it shall be a witness between ^(F2)you and me."

Then Jacob took ^(C1)a stone and set it up as a memorial stone.

Jacob said to his relatives, "Gather stones." So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

Now Laban ^(C1)called it ^(F1)Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it ^(F2)Galeed.

Laban said, "^(C1)This heap is a witness between ^(F1)you and me this day." Therefore it was named Galeed,

and ^(F1)(C1)Mizpah, for he said, "May the LORD keep watch between ^(F2)you and me when we are ^(F3)absent one from the other.

"If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one is with us, see, ^(C1)God is witness between ^(F1)you and me."

Laban also said to Jacob, "Behold this heap and behold the memorial stone which I have set between ^(F1)you and me.

"This heap is a witness, and the memorial stone is a witness, that I will not pass by this heap to you for harm, and you will not pass by this heap and this memorial stone to me, for harm.

"^(C1)The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, ^(C2)judge between us." So Jacob swore by ^(C3)the fear of his father Isaac.

Then Jacob ^(C1)offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his relatives to ^(F1)the meal; and they ate ^(F2)the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

^(F1)Then early in the morning Laban got up, and ^(C1)kissed his ^(F2)grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his place.