Genesis 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.
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 31:44-45 : 44 So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, you and I, and it will be proof that we have made peace.” 45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.
- Gen 31:48 : 48 Laban said,“This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement today.” That is why it was called Galeed.
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- Gen 31:42-5110 verses91%
42 If the God of my father– the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears– had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night.”
43 Laban replied to Jacob,“These women are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, and these flocks are my flocks. All that you see belongs to me. But how can I harm these daughters of mine today or the children to whom they have given birth?
44 So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, you and I, and it will be proof that we have made peace.”
45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.
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.
47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 Laban said,“This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement today.” That is why it was called Galeed.
49 It was also called Mizpah because he said,“May the LORD watch between us when we are out of sight of one another.
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.”
51 “Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you,” Laban said to Jacob.
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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.
- Gen 31:29-324 verses73%
29 I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night,‘Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.’
30 Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?”
31 “I left secretly because I was afraid!” Jacob replied to Laban.“I thought you might take your daughters away from me by force.
32 Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! In the presence of our relatives identify whatever is yours and take it.”(Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.)
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31 So Laban asked,“What should I give you?”“You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied,“but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:
- Gen 31:36-372 verses72%
36 Jacob became angry and argued with Laban.“What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban.“What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?
37 When you searched through all my goods, did you find anything that belonged to you? Set it here before my relatives and yours, and let them settle the dispute between the two of us!
- Gen 31:12-132 verses72%
12 Then he said,‘Observe that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, or spotted, for I have observed all that Laban has done to you.
13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the sacred stone and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to your native land.’”
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15 I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”
- Gen 31:1-33 verses71%
1 Jacob’s Flight from Laban Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining,“Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father’s expense!”
2 When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed.
3 The LORD said to Jacob,“Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”
- Gen 31:24-252 verses70%
24 But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and warned him,“Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.”
25 Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.
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23 Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”
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30 He replied,“You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”
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27 but as a reminder to us and you, and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the LORD in his very presence with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants,‘You have no right to worship the LORD.’
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28 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
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27 Joshua said to all the people,“Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard everything the LORD said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.”
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28 He added,“Just name your wages– I’ll pay whatever you want.”
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9 Then Jacob prayed,“O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you said to me,‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’
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14 So Jacob set up a sacred stone pillar in the place where God spoke with him. He poured out a drink offering on it, and then he poured oil on it.
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21 and I return safely to my father’s home, then the LORD will become my God.
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19 Laban replied,“I’d rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me.”
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5 There he said to them,“I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, but the God of my father has been with me.
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12 May the LORD judge between the two of us, and may the LORD vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.