Genesis 31:44

and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.'

Young's Literal 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 answereth and saith unto Jacob, 'The daughters [are] my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing [is] mine; and to my daughters — what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born?

45And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up [for] a standing pillar;

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Cross References

Genesis 21:22And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh — Phichol also, head of his host — unto Abraham, saying, 'God [is] with thee in all that thou art doing;

Genesis 31:48And Laban saith, 'This heap [is] witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;

Deuteronomy 31:19'And now, write for you this song, and teach it the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song is to Me for a witness against the sons of Israel,

Deuteronomy 31:26'Take this Book of the Law, and thou hast set it on the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and it hath been there against thee for a witness;

Joshua 24:25And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it 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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