Genesis 31:51
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
50 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.
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
52 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.
53 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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.
- KJV
- And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
- WEB
- Laban said to Jacob, “See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.
- ASV
- And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee.
- DARBY
- And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and thee:
- BLB
- And Laban said to Jacob, “Behold, this [is] the heap, and behold, the pillar that I have placed between me and between you.
- ÅB
- Så sa Laban til Jakob: Se, denne røs og denne minnestein som jeg har reist mellom meg og deg -
- OTB
- Laban fortsatte til Jakob: «Her er denne haugen, og her er denne støtten jeg har satt opp mellom deg og meg.
- B1930
- Så sa Laban til Jakob: Se, denne røs og denne minnesten som jeg har reist mellem mig og dig -