Genesis 31:44-32:3

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. ⁵⁰ If you mistreat^(I) my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness^(J) between you and me.”^(K)

⁵¹ Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is this heap,^(L) and here is this pillar^(M) I have set up between you and me. ⁵² This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness,^(N) that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap^(O) and pillar to my side to harm me.^{(P) 53} May the God of Abraham^(Q) and the God of Nahor,^(R) the God of their father, judge between us.”^(S)

So Jacob took an oath^(T) in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.^{(U) 54} He offered a sacrifice^(V) there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal.^(W) After they had eaten, they spent the night there.

⁵⁵ Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters^(X) and blessed^(Y) them. Then he left and returned home.^[c](Z)

Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau

32 ^[d]Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God^(AA) met him. ² When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!”^(AB) So he named that place Mahanaim.^[e](AC)

³ Jacob sent messengers^(AD) ahead of him to his brother Esau^(AE) in the land of Seir,^(AF) the country of Edom.^(AG)