Genesis 31:44

Now, therefore, come on! Let us solemnise a covenant, I and thou,—So shall it be a witness betwixt me and thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

43Then responded Laban and said unto Jacob—the daughters, are my daughters, And the sons, are my sons, And the sheep are my sheep, And, all that, thou, beholdest, To me doth it belong! But to my daughters, what can I do to these this day, Or to their sons whom they have borne?

45So Jacob took a stone,—and set it up as a pillar.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:22And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech, with Phicol chieftain of his host, spake unto Abraham, saying,—God, is with thee in all that, thou art doing.

Genesis 31:48Then said Laban: This heap, be witness betwixt me, and thee, to-day. For this cause, is the name thereof called Galeed;

Deuteronomy 31:19Now, therefore write ye for you this Song, and teach it unto the sons of Israel put it in their mouths,—that this Song may become for me a witness against the sons of Israel.

Deuteronomy 31:26Take this scroll of the law, and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God,—so shall it be there in thy midst as a witness.

Joshua 24:25So then Joshua solemnised a covenant for the people, on that day,—and set for them a statute and a regulation, 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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