Genesis 31:44
Come, therefore, let us enter into a pact, so that it may be a testimony between me and you.”
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In Context
45And so Jacob took a stone, and he set it up as a memorial.
Cross References
Genesis 21:22At the same time, Abimelech and Phicol, the leader of his army, said to Abraham: “God is with you in everything that you do.
Genesis 31:48And Laban said: “This tomb will be a witness between me and you this day.” (And for this reason, its name has been called Gilead, that is, ‘Tomb of Witness.’)
Deuteronomy 31:19And so, write this canticle now, and teach it to the sons of Israel, so that they may retain it in memory, and may chant it by mouth, and so that this verse may be a testimony to me among the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy 31:26“Take this book, and place it inside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may be there as a testimony against you.
Joshua 24:25Therefore, on that day, Joshua struck a covenant, and he set before the people at Shechem the precepts and the judgments.
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 →