42. If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, certainly now you would have sent me off empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and my hard work, and He issued His verdict last night.”
43. Then Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters; the sons, my sons; and the flocks, my flocks! Everything you see is mine! But what can I do today for these daughters of mine or for the children they have borne?
44. Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be a witness between the two of us.”
45. So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a marker.
46. Then Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a mound, then ate there by the mound.
47. Laban named the mound Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob named it Galeed.
48. Then Laban said, “This mound is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore the place was called Galeed
49. and also Mizpah, for he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are out of each other’s sight.