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Genesis 31:52–53

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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.
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From verse 52

  1. Genesis 31:48Rank 1 from verse 52
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    48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

  2. Genesis 31:44–45Rank 2 from verse 52
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    44Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

    45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

From verse 53

  1. Genesis 31:42Rank 1 from verse 53
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    42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

  2. Genesis 16:5Rank 2 from verse 53
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    5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.

  3. Exodus 3:6Rank 3 from verse 53
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    6Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

  4. Genesis 11:24–29Rank 4 from verse 53
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    24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

    25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

    26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

    27¶ Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

    28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

    29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

  5. Joshua 24:2Rank 5 from verse 53
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    2And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

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Genesis 31:52

COMBINED MEANING

heap

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Sense 1: A pile, mound, or gathered accumulation. Sense 2: To gather, pile, or accumulate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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witness

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Sense 1: A person or thing that attests, testifies, records, or supplies evidence; also testimony, record, or the act of bearing testimony. Sense 2: To see in person, testify, attest, or give evidence.

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pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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harm

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Hurt, injury, damage, loss, or an adverse charge or report, according to the object and phrase.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Genesis 31:53

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Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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judge

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Sense 1: A person or authority who hears, discerns, decides, governs, vindicates, condemns, or administers justice. Sense 2: To examine, distinguish, determine, form a verdict, rule, govern, condemn, punish, vindicate, or call to account.

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betwixt

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Between, in the space or relation separating or joining two persons, things, places, or parties.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

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31:43¶ And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

31:44Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

31:45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

31:46And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

31:47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

31:48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

31:49And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

31:50If 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.

31:51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

31:52This 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.

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31:53The 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.

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31:54Then 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.

31:55And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

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