Laban & jacob make a covenant together, as in genesis 31:44-54: "now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, i and thou; and let it be fore a witness between me and thee. And jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. And jacob said unto his brethren, gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. And laban called jegarsahadutha: but jacob called it galeed. And laban said, this heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called galeed; and mizpah; for he said, the lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent from another. If 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. And laban said to jacob, behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which i have cast betwixt me and thee; this heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that i will not pas 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. Then jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. "; illustration from the 1728 figures de la bible; illustrated by gerard hoet (1648-1733) and others, and published by p. De hondt in the hague; image courtesy bizzell bible collection, university of oklahoma libraries. Date: 1728.
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