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Then Laban replied to Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my grandchildren, 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?

And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

"So now come, let's make a covenant, you and I, and it shall be a witness between you and me."

Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

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

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

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

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

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

And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

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

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

and Mizpah, for he said, "May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent one from the other.

And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

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

If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

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

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:

"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.

This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

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

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his relatives to the meal; and they ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

Then early in the morning Laban got up, and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his place.

And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.