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Genesis 31:44-46
New English Translation

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

45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar. 46 Then he[d] said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” So they brought stones and put them in a pile.[e] They ate there by the pile of stones.

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  1. Genesis 31:44 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”
  2. Genesis 31:44 tn The verb הָיָה (hayah) followed by the preposition ל (lamed) means “become.”
  3. Genesis 31:44 tn Heb “and it will become a witness between me and you.”
  4. Genesis 31:46 tn Heb “Jacob”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  5. Genesis 31:46 sn The Hebrew word for “pile” is גַּל (gal), which sounds like the name “Galeed” (גַּלְעֵד, galʿed). See v. 48.
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