31:43 Laban replied ¹  to Jacob, “These women ²  are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, ³  and these flocks are my flocks. All that you see belongs to me. But how can I harm these daughters of mine today ⁴  or the children to whom they have given birth? 31:44 So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, ⁵  you and I, and it will be ⁶  proof that we have made peace.” ⁷ 

31:45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar. 31:46 Then he ⁸  said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” So they brought stones and put them in a pile. ⁹  They ate there by the pile of stones. 31:47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, ¹⁰  but Jacob called it Galeed. ¹¹ 

31:48 Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement ¹²  today.” That is why it was called Galeed. 31:49 It was also called Mizpah ¹³  because he said, “May the Lord watch ¹⁴  between us ¹⁵  when we are out of sight of one another. ¹⁶  31:50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize ¹⁷  that God is witness to your actions.” ¹⁸ 

31:51 “Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you,” Laban said to Jacob. ¹⁹  31:52 “This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me. ²⁰  31:53 May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, ²¹  the gods of their father, judge between us.” Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared. ²²  31:54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice ²³  on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. ²⁴  They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.