Genesis 31:44-45

31:44 So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, ¹  you and I, and it will be ²  proof that we have made peace.” ³ 

31:45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.

Genesis 31:48

31:48 Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement ⁴  today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

¹ tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

² tn The verb הָיָה (hayah) followed by the preposition לְ (lÿ) means “become.”

³ tn Heb “and it will become a witness between me and you.”

⁴ tn Heb “a witness between me and you.”