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This pile is a witness between me and you
The stones do not actually bear witness as a person. Alternate Translation: "This pile will be a reminder between me and you." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
Galeed
See how you translated this in Genesis 31:45.
Mizpah
Translators may add a footnote that says: "The name Mizpah means 'watchtower.'"
although no one else is with us
Here "us" refers to Laban and Jacob. Alternate translation: "even if no one else is there to see us"
see
"remember"