Genesis 31:50 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

God is witness betwixt me and thee. [This is the only instance, in the historical reference to Laban, of his using 'Elohiym (H430) as the name of the Divine Being in an absolute sense, and it is when making a solemn appeal by an oath.] On other occasions Laban calls him the Lord х Yahweh (H3068)] - a name which he had most probably borrowed from Abraham's servant (Genesis 24:31; Genesis 24:50-51), and from Jacob (Genesis 31:49).

Genesis 31:50

50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.