48 Laban said, “(A)This heap is a witness between [a]you and me this day.” Therefore it was named Galeed, 49 and [b](B)Mizpah, for he said, “May the Lord keep watch between [c]you and me when we are [d]absent one from the other. 50 If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one is with us, see, (C)God is witness between [e]you and me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:48 Lit me and you
  2. Genesis 31:49 Lit the Mizpah; i.e., the watchtower
  3. Genesis 31:49 Lit me and you
  4. Genesis 31:49 Lit hidden
  5. Genesis 31:50 Lit me and you

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