49. And Mizpah, for he said, "May Jehovah watch between me and you when we are hidden from one another.
50. If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and you."
51. And Laban said to Jacob, "Behold this heap and behold this pillar which I have erected between me and you.
52. This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
53. The God of Abraham and the god of Nahor judge between us, the God of their father." And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
54. And Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and called his brothers to eat bread; and they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain.
55. And early in the morning Laban arose and kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them; and Laban departed and returned to his place.

CONTENTS.

4061. This section treats, in the internal sense, of the separation of good and truth (represented by Jacob and his wives) from the good signified by Laban, so that they might be conjoined to the Divine from a Divine stock; it also treats of the state of both during the separation.

INTERNAL SENSE.

4062. Verses 1, 2, 3: And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, "Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and from what was our father's, he has made all this wealth." And Jacob saw the face of Laban, and behold, it was not at all toward him as it was yesterday or the day before. And Jehovah said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you."
"He heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying," signifies the truths of the good signified by Laban, such as they are in relation to the good acquired therefrom in the Natural The natural level of the human mind. by the Lord. "Jacob has taken all that was our father's," signifies that all things of the good now understood by Jacob were given to him from there. "And from what was our father's he has made all this wealth," signifies that He gave it to Himself.