Genesis 31:44-49

New International Version

⁴⁴ Come now, let’s make a covenant,^(A) you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.”^(B)

⁴⁵ So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.^{(C) 46} He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap,^(D) and they ate there by the heap. ⁴⁷ Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.^[a](E)

⁴⁸ Laban said, “This heap^(F) is a witness between you and me today.”^(G) That is why it was called Galeed. ⁴⁹ It was also called Mizpah,^[b](H) because he said, “May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.