42 Had I not had the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, you would have sent me away empty-handed now. But God saw my misery and the toil of my hands and last night He became the Judge.”
43 In response Laban said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flocks are my flocks. Everything you see is mine. But what can I do for these, my daughters, today, or for their sons to whom they’ve given birth?
44 So now, come, let’s make a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me.”
45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar,
46 and Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” So they took the stones and made a pile. Then they ate there on the pile.
47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha and Jacob called it Gal-ed.
48 And Laban said, “This pile is a witness between me and you today.” That is why its name is Gal-ed,