Genesis 31:44

And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

In Context

43And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flock is my flock, and all that thou seest is mine; but as for my daughters, what can I do this day to them, or to their sons whom they have brought forth?

45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:22And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, and Phichol the captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

Genesis 31:48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,

Deuteronomy 31:19And now, write ye this song, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, 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 at the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee;

Joshua 24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance 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 →

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