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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 31, Verse 49

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And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
King James Version
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
American Standard Version
and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
New English Translation
It was also called Mizpah because he said,“May the LORD watch between us when we are out of sight of one another.
World English Bible
and Mizpah, for he said, "Yahweh watch between me and you, 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.
51
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.
54
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.
55
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.
1
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: