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Genesis 31:44

Covenant and promisesPeace

42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

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?

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 brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
KJV
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
WEB
Now come, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be for a witness between me and you.”
ASV
And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
DARBY
And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.
BLB
And now, come, let us cut a covenant, I and you; and let it be a witness between me and between you.”
ÅB
Så kom nå og la oss gjøre en pakt, jeg og du, og den skal være et vitne mellom meg og deg.
OTB
Kom nå, la oss inngå en pakt, du og jeg, og la den tjene som et vitne mellom oss.»
B1930
Så kom nu og la oss gjøre en pakt, jeg og du, og den skal være et vidne mellem mig og dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Joshua 24:25–27

    So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

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  • 1 Samuel 20:14–17

    And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:

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  • Genesis 15:18

    In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

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  • Joshua 22:27

    But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:19

    Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

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  • 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;

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  • Genesis 26:28–31

    And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

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  • Deuteronomy 31:26

    Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

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