Genesis 31:52 meaning and explanation

This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.

Genesis 31:52, Berean Standard Bible

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Laban is speaking to Jacob at the covenant meal in Gilead, after pursuing him for seven days and being warned by God in a dream. The stone mound and pillar just built are named as witnesses, and Laban turns them into a boundary line: neither man will cross over to harm the other.

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