Genesis 31:52
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- vitner skal de være, både røsen og minnesteinen, at ikke skal jeg dra til deg forbi denne røs, og at heller ikke skal du dra til meg forbi denne røs og denne minnestein med ondt i sinne.
- OTB
- Denne haugen er et vitne, og denne støtten er et vitne, at jeg ikke vil gå forbi denne haugen til din side for å skade deg, og at du ikke vil gå forbi denne haugen og støtten til min side for å skade meg.
- B1930
- vidner skal de være, både røsen og minnestenen, at ikke skal jeg dra til dig forbi denne røs, og at heller ikke skal du dra til mig forbi denne røs og denne minnesten med ondt i sinne.
- BSB
- This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.
- KJV
- This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
- WEB
- May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
- ASV
- This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
- DARBY
- [let] this heap be witness, and the pillar a witness, that neither I pass this heap [to go] to thee, nor thou pass this heap and this pillar [to come] to me, for harm.
- BLB
- This heap [is] a witness, and the pillar [is] a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for evil.
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Kryssreferanser
Genesis 31:48
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
Les i sammenhengGenesis 31:44–45
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
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