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43 Laban replied[a] to Jacob, “These women[b] are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren,[c] and these flocks are my flocks. All that you see belongs to me. But how can I harm these daughters of mine today[d] or the children to whom they have given birth? 44 So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement,[e] you and I, and it will be[f] proof that we have made peace.”[g]

45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:43 tn Heb “answered and said.”
  2. Genesis 31:43 tn Heb “daughters.”
  3. Genesis 31:43 tn Heb “children.”
  4. Genesis 31:43 tn Heb “but to my daughters what can I do to these today?”
  5. Genesis 31:44 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”
  6. Genesis 31:44 tn The verb הָיָה (hayah) followed by the preposition ל (lamed) means “become.”
  7. Genesis 31:44 tn Heb “and it will become a witness between me and you.”