Genesis 31:44-45

Context
31:44 So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement,¹ you and I, and it will be² 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

Context

31:48 Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement⁴ today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

[31:44] ¹tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

[31:44] ²tn The verb הָיָה (hayah) followed by the preposition לְ (lÿ) means “become.”

[31:44] ³tn Heb “and it will become a witness between me and you.”

[31:48] ⁴tn Heb “a witness between me and you.”