Genesis 31:51
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New International Version (©2011)
Laban also said to Jacob, "Here is this heap, and here is this pillar I have set up between you and me.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"See this pile of stones," Laban continued, "and see this monument I have set between us.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Then Laban said to Jacob, “See this heap and the pillar, which I have set between you and me.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Laban said to Jacob, "Behold this heap and behold the pillar which I have set between you and me.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Laban also said to Jacob, "Look at this mound and the marker I have set up between you and me.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Look!" Laban added, "Here is the stack of stones and here is the pillar that I've set up between you and me.

NET Bible (©2006)
"Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you," Laban said to Jacob.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Laban said to Jacob, "Here is the pile of stones, and here is the marker that I have set up between you and me.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have set between me and you;

American King James Version
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast between me and you:

American Standard Version
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said again to Jacob: Behold, this heap, and the stone which I have set up between me and thee,

Darby Bible Translation
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and thee:

English Revised Version
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

World English Bible
Laban said to Jacob, "See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.

Young's Literal Translation
And Laban saith to Jacob, 'Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

31:43-55 Laban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to own himself in fault, as he ought to have done. But he proposes a covenant of friendship between them, to which Jacob readily agrees. A heap of stones was raised, to keep up the memory of the event, writing being then not known or little used. A sacrifice of peace offerings was offered. Peace with God puts true comfort into our peace with our friends. They did eat bread together, partaking of the feast upon the sacrifice. In ancient times covenants of friendship were ratified by the parties eating and drinking together. God is judge between contending parties, and he will judge righteously; whoever do wrong, it is at their peril. They gave a new name to the place, The heap of witness. After this angry parley, they part friends. God is often better to us than our fears, and overrules the spirits of men in our favour, beyond what we could have expected; for it is not in vain to trust in him.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Laban said to Jacob,.... Continued speaking to him, as follows:

behold this heap, and behold this pillar which I have cast betwixt me and thee; the heap of stones seems to be gathered and laid together by the brethren, and the pillar to be erected by Jacob; and yet Laban says of them both, that he cast them, or erected them, they being done by his order, or with his consent, as well as Jacob's; unless the pillar can be thought to design another beside that which Jacob set up, and was like that, a single stone at some little distance from the heap: but the Samaritan and Arabic versions read, "which thou hast seen or set", &c. agreeably to Genesis 31:45.

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Jacob's Covenant with Laban
…50If you shall afflict my daughters, or if you shall take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and you. 51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast between me and you: 52This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you shall not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm. …

Genesis 31:50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me."
Genesis 31:52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap and pillar to my side to harm me.