Commentary on Genesis John Calvin
JOHN CALVIN
43. And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
43. Tunc respondit Laban, et dixit ad Iahacob, Filiae, filiae meae sunt: et filii, filii mei sunt: et pecudes meae sunt: et quicquid vides, meum est: et filiabus meis quid faciam istis hodie, vel filiis earum quos pepererunt?
44. Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
44. Et nunc, veni, percutiamus foedus ego et tu, et erit in testimonium inter me et inter to.
45. And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
45. Tulit itaque Iahacob lapidem, et erexit illum in statuam.
46. And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
46. Et dixit Iahacob fratribus suis, Colligite lapides: et tulerunt lapides, et fecerunt cumulum, et comederunt ibi super cumulum.
47. And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
47. Et vocavit eum Laban Jegar Sahadutha: Iahacob autem vocavit eum Galhed.
48. And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
48. Et dixit Laban, Cumulus iste sit testis inter me et to hodie. Idcirco vocavit nomen ejus Galhed,
49. And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
49. Et Mispah: quia dixit, Speculetur Iehova inter me et to, quando latebimus alter alterum.