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Genesis 31:52 KJV
Genesis · chapter 31 · verse 52
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.Genesis 31:52 · King James Version
Genesis 31:52 in context
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.
51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:
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.
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.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- witnessʻêdconcretely, a witnessH5707 →
- witnessʻêdâhtestimonyH5713 →
- pillarmatstsêbâhsomething stationedH4676 →
- heapgalsomething rolledH1530 →
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We have here the compromising of the matter between Laban and Jacob. Laban had nothing to say in reply to Jacob's remonstrance: he could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, but was convicted by his own conscience of the wrong he had done him;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 43-55