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Text -- Genesis 31:45-55 (NET)

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31:45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar. 31:46 Then he said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” So they brought stones and put them in a pile. They ate there by the pile of stones. 31:47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed. 31:48 Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement today.” That is why it was called Galeed. 31:49 It was also called Mizpah because he said, “May the Lord watch between us when we are out of sight of one another. 31:50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize that God is witness to your actions.” 31:51 “Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you,” Laban said to Jacob. 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. 31:53 May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us.” Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared. 31:54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain. 31:55 Early in the morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye and blessed them. Then Laban left and returned home.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Abraham a son of Terah; the father of Isaac; ancestor of the Jewish nation.,the son of Terah of Shem
 · Galeed a monument of stones
 · Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation
 · Jegar-Sahaduthah a monument of stones
 · Laban son of Bethuel; brother of Rebecca; father of Leah and Rachel; uncle and father-in-law of Jacob,a town in Moab
 · Mizpah a town of Moab
 · Nahor a son of Serug; the father of Terah; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Serug of Shem; father of Terah,son of Terah; brother of Abraham,town in Mesopotamia


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Jacob | Covenant | Laban | WITNESS | Leah | ALLIANCE | JACOB (1) | Ingratitude | PAPYRUS | Stones | Contracts | COVENANT, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT | Galeed | Shechem | MIZPAH | HEAP | Stone | Kiss | Jegar-sahadutha | ALLIANCES | more
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NET Notes: Gen 31:46 The Hebrew word for “pile” is גַּל (gal), which sounds like the name “Galeed” (גַּ&#...

NET Notes: Gen 31:47 Galeed also means “witness pile” or “the pile is a witness,” but this name is Canaanite or Western Semitic and closer to later...

NET Notes: Gen 31:48 Heb “a witness between me and you.”

NET Notes: Gen 31:49 Heb “for we will be hidden, each man from his neighbor.”

NET Notes: Gen 31:50 Heb “between me and you.”

NET Notes: Gen 31:51 Heb “and Laban said to Jacob, ‘Behold this heap and behold the pillar which I have set between men and you.’” The order of the...

NET Notes: Gen 31:52 Heb “This pile is a witness and the pillar is a witness, if I go past this pile to you and if you go past this pile and this pillar to me for ha...

NET Notes: Gen 31:53 Heb “by the fear of his father Isaac.” See the note on the word “fears” in v. 42.

NET Notes: Gen 31:54 Heb “bread, food.” Presumably this was a type of peace offering, where the person bringing the offering ate the animal being sacrificed.

NET Notes: Gen 31:55 Heb “to his place.”

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