"This heap {be} witness, and {this} pillar {be} witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt…" — Genesis 31:52

Genesis 31:52 · KJV

“This heap {be} witness, and {this} pillar {be} witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.”

— Genesis 31:52

Verse 51

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold {this} pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

Verse 53

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

Genesis 31 — Context

If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take {other} wives beside my daughters, no man {is} with us; see, God {is} witness betwixt me and thee.

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold {this} pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

This heap {be} witness, and {this} pillar {be} witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. {offered...: or, killed beasts}

Cross References

Genesis 31:48

And Laban said, This heap {is} a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

Genesis 31:44-45

Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.