Genesis
31:42-53 HCSB 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 me and you 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. 50 If
you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, though no one is with us,
understand that God will be a witness between you and me." 51 Laban also
said to Jacob, "Look at this mound and the marker I have set up between
you and me. 52 This
mound is a witness and the marker is a witness that I will not pass beyond this
mound to you, and you will not pass beyond this mound and this marker to do me
harm. 53 The
God of Abraham, and the gods of Nahor--the gods of
their father--will judge between us." And Jacob swore by the Fear of his
father Isaac.
Devotionals: Genesis 31:42, 53 Pach’ad Yitschaq: Isaac’s Terror
Sermons: Genesis 31:42, 53 Pach’ad Yitschaq: Isaac’s Terror
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