Genesis 31:44
Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.
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45Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.
Cross References
Genesis 21:22Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.
Genesis 31:48And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,
Deuteronomy 31:19Make then this song for yourselves, teaching it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 31:26Take this book of the law and put it by the ark of the Lord's agreement, so that it may be a witness against you.
Joshua 24:25So Joshua made an agreement with the people that day, and gave them a rule and a law in Shechem.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:44-55
Jacob's Covenant with Laban. ( b. c. 1739.) 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his… Read the whole commentary →