Now, he leaves Laban, they bid each other
goodbye, and they're going to make a contract.
Let me read now verse 42.
"'Except the God of my father, the God
of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac had
been with me, surely thou had sent me
away now empty.
God hath seen mine affliction, and the labor
of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday night.'
Now Jacob has his day in court, and
he lets Laban have it now.
"'And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These
daughters are my daughters, these children are my
children, these cattle are my cattle, and all
that thou seest is mine.
And what can I do this day unto
these?
My daughters are unto their children which have
been born.
Now therefore, come thou, let us make a
covenant, I and thou.
Let it be for a witness between me
and thee.' And Jacob took a stone and
set it up for a pillar.
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones,
and they took stones.
And now they make a contract.'" Verse 48,
"'And Laban said, This heap is a witness
between me and thee this day.
Therefore was the name of it called Galed
and Mizpah.
For he said, The Lord watch between me
and thee when we are absent one from
another.' And this has been used by young
people's groups as a benediction and other groups.
And I don't think it ought to be
used that way because this is actually a
contract between two rascals that they're going to
quit stealing from each other and work on
somebody else.
The Lord watch between me and thee.
In other words, may the Lord keep His
eye on you so you won't steal from
me anymore.
That's exactly what these men are saying.
Now they're going to separate, and they do
separate, and we're going to see the great
experience and the life of Jacob next time
in chapter 32.