- Genesis 31:43
וַיַּעַן לָבָן וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־יַעֲקֹב הַבָּנוֹת בְּנֹתַי וְהַבָּנִים בָּנַי וְהַצֹּאן צֹאנִי וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה רֹאֶה לִי־הוּא וְלִבְנֹתַי מָה־אֶעֱשֶׂה לָאֵלֶּה הַיּוֹם אוֹ לִבְנֵיהֶן אֲשֶׁר יָלָדוּ׃
Then Laban spoke up and said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks; all that you see is mine. Yet what can I do now about my daughters or the children they have borne?
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וַאֲתֵיב לָבָן וַאֲמַר לְיַעֲקֹב בְּנָתָא בְּנָתַי וּבְנַיָּא בְּנַי וְעָנָא עָנִי וְכֹל דְּאַתְּ חָזֵי דִּילִי הוּא וְלִבְנָתַי מָא אַעֲבֵיד לְאִלֵּין יוֹמָא דֵּין אוֹ לִבְנֵיהוֹן דִּילִידָא׃
Lavan replied and said to Yaakov, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the[se] flocks are my flocks. All that you see is mine. What can I do unto these, my daughters, today, or to their children that they have born.
- Genesis 31:44
וְעַתָּה לְכָה נִכְרְתָה בְרִית אֲנִי וָאָתָּה וְהָיָה לְעֵד בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ׃
Come, then, let us make a pact, you and I, that there may be a witness between you and me.”
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וּכְעַן אֵיתַא נִגְזַר קְיָים אֲנָא וְאַתְּ וִיהֵי לְסָהִיד בֵּינָא וּבֵינָךְ׃
Now come [therefore] let us make a pact, I and you. Let Him be witness between me and you.
- Genesis 31:45
וַיִּקַּח יַעֲקֹב אָבֶן וַיְרִימֶהָ מַצֵּבָה׃
Thereupon Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.
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וּנְסֵיב יַעֲקֹב אַבְנָא וְזַקְפַהּ קָמָא׃
Yaakov took a boulder and raised it as a monument.
- Genesis 31:46
וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב לְאֶחָיו לִקְטוּ אֲבָנִים וַיִּקְחוּ אֲבָנִים וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־גָל וַיֹּאכְלוּ שָׁם עַל־הַגָּל׃
And Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones.” So they took stones and made a mound; and they partook of a meal there by the mound.
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וַאֲמַר יַעֲקֹב לַאֲחוֹהִי לְקוּטוּ אַבְנִין וּנְסִיבוּ אַבְנִין וַעֲבַדוּ דְּגוֹרָא וַאֲכַלוּ תַּמָּן עַל דְּגוֹרָא׃
Yaakov said to his brethren, Gather stones. They took stones and made a mound, and they ate on the mound.
- Genesis 31:47
וַיִּקְרָא־לוֹ לָבָן יְגַר שָׂהֲדוּתָא וְיַעֲקֹב קָרָא לוֹ גַּלְעֵד׃
Laban named it Yegar-sahadutha, but Jacob named it Gal-ed.
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וּקְרָא לֵיהּ לָבָן יְגַר סָהֲדוּתָא וְיַעֲקֹב קְרָא לֵיהּ גַּלְעֵד׃
Lavan called it Yegar Sohadusa, but Yaakov called it Galeid.
- Genesis 31:48
וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן הַגַּל הַזֶּה עֵד בֵּינִי וּבֵינְךָ הַיּוֹם עַל־כֵּן קָרָא־שְׁמוֹ גַּלְעֵד׃
And Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” That is why it was named Gal-ed;
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וַאֲמַר לָבָן דְּגוֹרָא הָדֵין סָהִיד בֵּינָא וּבֵינָךְ יוֹמָא דֵּין עַל כֵּן קְרָא שְׁמֵיהּ גַּלְעֵד׃
Lavan said, This mound is witness between me and you this day. He therefore called its name Galeid.
- Genesis 31:49
וְהַמִּצְפָּה אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יִצֶף יְהֹוָה בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ כִּי נִסָּתֵר אִישׁ מֵרֵעֵהוּ׃
and [it was called] Mizpah, because he said, “May GOD watch between you and me, when we are out of sight of each other.
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וְסָכוּתָא דַּאֲמַר יִיסַךְ מֵימְרָא דַּייָ בֵּינָא וּבֵינָךְ אֲרֵי נִתְכַּסֵּי גְּבַר מֵחַבְרֵיהּ׃
And [he also called it] Mitzpah [Watchtower] because he said, [The Word of] Adonoy will watch between me and you, when we are concealed from each other[’s sight].
- Genesis 31:50
אִם־תְּעַנֶּה אֶת־בְּנֹתַי וְאִם־תִּקַּח נָשִׁים עַל־בְּנֹתַי אֵין אִישׁ עִמָּנוּ רְאֵה אֱלֹהִים עֵד בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ׃
If you ill-treat my daughters or take other wives besides my daughters—though no one else be about, remember, it is God who will be witness between you and me.”
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אִם תְּעַנֵּי יָת בְּנָתַי וְאִם תִּסַּב נְשִׁין עַל בְּנָתַי לֵית אֲנָשׁ עִמַּנָא חֲזִי מֵימְרָא דַּייָ סָהִיד בֵּינָא וּבֵינָךְ׃
If you afflict my daughters, or marry other wives in addition to my daughters, there may be no man with us, but see, [the Word of] Elohim is witness between me and you.
- Genesis 31:51
וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב הִנֵּה ׀ הַגַּל הַזֶּה וְהִנֵּה הַמַּצֵּבָה אֲשֶׁר יָרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ׃
And Laban said to Jacob, “Here is this mound and here the pillar that I have set up between you and me:
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וַאֲמַר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב הָא דְּגוֹרָא הָדֵין וְהָא קָמְתָא דַּאֲקֵימִית בֵּינָא וּבֵינָךְ׃
Lavan said to Yaakov, Here is this mound, and here is this monument that I have cast [established] between me and you.
- Genesis 31:52
עֵד הַגַּל הַזֶּה וְעֵדָה הַמַּצֵּבָה אִם־אָנִי לֹא־אֶעֱבֹר אֵלֶיךָ אֶת־הַגַּל הַזֶּה וְאִם־אַתָּה לֹא־תַעֲבֹר אֵלַי אֶת־הַגַּל הַזֶּה וְאֶת־הַמַּצֵּבָה הַזֹּאת לְרָעָה׃
this mound shall be witness and this pillar shall be witness that I am not to cross to you past this mound, and that you are not to cross to me past this mound and this pillar, with hostile intent.
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סָהִיד דְּגוֹרָא הָדֵין וְסָהֲדָא קָמְתָא אִם אֲנָא לָא אֶעְבַּר לְוָתָךְ יָת דְּגוֹרָא הָדֵין וְאִם אַתְּ לָא תִּעְבַּר לְוָתִי יָת דְּגוֹרָא הָדֵין וְיָת קָמְתָא הָדָא לְבִישׁוּ׃
This mound is witness, and the monument is witness, that I will not cross over to you beyond this mound; and you are not to cross over to me beyond this mound and this monument for harmful purposes.
- Genesis 31:53
אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם וֵאלֹהֵי נָחוֹר יִשְׁפְּטוּ בֵינֵינוּ אֱלֹהֵי אֲבִיהֶם וַיִּשָּׁבַע יַעֲקֹב בְּפַחַד אָבִיו יִצְחָק׃
May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor”—their ancestral deities—“judge between us.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
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אֱלָהֵיהּ דְּאַבְרָהָם וֵאלָהֵיהּ דְּנָחוֹר יְדִינוּן בֵּינַנָא אֱלָהָא דַּאֲבוּהוֹן וְקַיֵּים יַעֲקֹב בִּדְדָחֵיל לֵיהּ אֲבוּהִי יִצְחָק׃
The God of Avraham and the god of Nachor, the god of their fathers will judge between us. Yaakov swore by the Fear of his father, Yitzchok [He who Yitchok his father feared].
- Genesis 31:54
וַיִּזְבַּח יַעֲקֹב זֶבַח בָּהָר וַיִּקְרָא לְאֶחָיו לֶאֱכׇל־לָחֶם וַיֹּאכְלוּ לֶחֶם וַיָּלִינוּ בָּהָר׃
Jacob then offered up a sacrifice on the Height, and invited his kinsmen to partake of the meal. After the meal, they spent the night on the Height.
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וּנְכַס יַעֲקֹב נִכְסְתָא בְּטוּרָא וּקְרָא לַאֲחוֹהִי לְמֵיכַל לַחְמָא וַאֲכַלוּ לַחְמָא וּבָתוּ בְּטוּרָא׃
Yaakov slaughtered animals on the mountain, and invited his brethren to eat bread [a meal]. They ate bread and spent the night on the mountain.
- Genesis 32:1
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם לָבָן בַּבֹּקֶר וַיְנַשֵּׁק לְבָנָיו וְלִבְנוֹתָיו וַיְבָרֶךְ אֶתְהֶם וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיָּשׇׁב לָבָן לִמְקֹמוֹ׃
Early in the morning, Laban kissed his family and bade them good-by; then Laban left on his journey homeward.
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וְאַקְדֵּים לָבָן בְּצַפְרָא וְנַשֵּׁיק לִבְנוֹהִי וְלִבְנָתֵיהּ וּבָרֵיךְ יָתְהוֹן וַאֲזַל וְתָב לָבָן לְאַתְרֵיהּ׃
Lavan rose early in the morning. He kissed his sons and daughters and blessed them. Lavan departed and returned to his place.
- Genesis 32:2
וְיַעֲקֹב הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֹ וַיִּפְגְּעוּ־בוֹ מַלְאֲכֵי אֱלֹהִים׃
Jacob went on his way, and angels of God encountered him.
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וְיַעֲקֹב אֲזַל לְאוֹרְחֵיהּ וְעָרַעוּ בֵּיהּ מַלְאֲכַיָּא דַּייָ׃
Yaakov went on his way, and the angels of Elohim met him.
- Genesis 32:3
וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאָם מַחֲנֵה אֱלֹהִים זֶה וַיִּקְרָא שֵׁם־הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא מַחֲנָיִם׃
When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
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וַאֲמַר יַעֲקֹב כַּד חֲזָנוּן מַשְׁרִי מִן קֳדָם יְיָ דָּא וּקְרָא שְׁמֵיהּ דְּאַתְרָא הַהוּא מַחֲנָיִם׃
When Yaakov saw them, he said, This is Elohim’s camp. [This is a camp from before Elohim.] He named the place Machanayim.