50 If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.” 51 Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me. 52 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 31:50–52
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