Genesis 31:44

And now come, let us enter into a covenant, I and thou, and it shall be for a witness between me and thee.

Targum Onkelos

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 Jakob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the sheep are my sheep, and all whatsoever thou seest is mine; and to these, my daughters, what can I do this day, or unto their children which they have born?

45And Jakob took a stone, and set it up as a pillar.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:22And it was in that time that Abimelek and Phikol, chief of his host, spake to Abraham, saying, The Word of the Lord is thy Helper in everything thou doest;

Genesis 31:48And Laban said, This mound testifieth between me and thee today.

Deuteronomy 31:19And now, write for you this hymn, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it upon their lips, that this hymn may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel.

Deuteronomy 31:26Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, and it shall be there for a witness against thee.

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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