en_tn_condensed/gen/31/48.md

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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"