Genesis 31:53 meaning and explanation

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

Genesis 31:53, Berean Standard Bible

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Laban is speaking, closing the covenant ceremony at Gilead after pursuing Jacob. He names the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the ancestral deity of his own line, and calls on that God to judge between them.

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