Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.”

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

It was also called Mizpah because he said, “May the Lord watch between us when we are out of sight of one another.

“Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you,” Laban said to Jacob.

I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

“Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”

They replied, “We could plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we decided there should be a pact between us – between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you

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

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.”