Genesis 31:44

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now therefore come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you.

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  • Gen 15:18 : 18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
  • Gen 21:22-32 : 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do. 23 Now therefore swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; neither did you tell me, nor did I hear of it until today. 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and both of them made a covenant. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves? 30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs you shall take from my hand, that they may be a witness that I have dug this well. 31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there they both swore an oath. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba; then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.
  • Gen 26:28-31 : 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you; 29 That you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace: you are now the blessed of the LORD. 30 And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 And they arose early in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
  • Gen 31:48 : 48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore its name was called Galeed;
  • Gen 31:52 : 52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you shall not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
  • Deut 31:19 : 19 Now therefore write this song for you, and teach it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
  • Deut 31:21 : 21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles have befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.
  • Deut 31:26 : 26 Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
  • Josh 22:27 : 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, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, You have no part in the LORD.
  • Josh 24:25-27 : 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a large stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. 27 And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us: it shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.
  • 1 Sam 20:14-17 : 14 And you shall not only while I yet live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I do not die: 15 But also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever: no, not when the LORD has cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies. 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

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  • Gen 31:47-53
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    47 And Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

    48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore its name was called Galeed;

    49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

    50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and you.

    51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have set between me and you;

    52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you shall not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

    53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.

  • Gen 31:42-43
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    42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you would have sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.

    43 And Laban answered and said to Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?

  • Gen 26:28
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    28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you;

  • Gen 31:45
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    45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

  • Gen 29:19
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    19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man; stay with me.

  • Gen 30:34
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    34 Laban said, "Behold, I would it might be according to your word."

  • Gen 29:13-15
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    13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, embraced him, kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

    14 And Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he stayed with him for a month.

    15 And Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?

  • Gen 30:27-31
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    27 Laban said to him, "I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, stay, for I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake."

    28 He said, "Set your wages, and I will give it."

    29 He said to him, "You know how I have served you and how your cattle have been with me."

    30 "For it was little which you had before I came, and it is now increased to a multitude, and the LORD has blessed you since my coming. Now, when shall I provide for my own house also?"

    31 He said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock."

  • Gen 31:12-14
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    12 And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are streaked, speckled, and spotted: for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

    13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and where you vowed a vow unto me: now arise, get out of this land, and return unto the land of your kindred.

    14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

  • Gen 31:25-26
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    25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount, and Laban with his brethren pitched in Mount Gilead.

    26 And Laban said to Jacob, What have you done, that you have stolen away secretly from me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

  • Gen 31:2-4
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    2 And Jacob noticed the expression of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him as before.

    3 And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you.

    4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

  • Gen 29:21-22
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    21 And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my time is completed, that I may go in to her.

    22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast.

  • Gen 31:36-37
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    36 And Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued me?

    37 Whereas you have searched all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both.

  • Gen 31:31-32
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    31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.

    32 With whomever you find your gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern what is yours with me, and take it to you. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

  • Gen 31:16
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    16 For all the riches which God has taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatever God has said to you, do.

  • Gen 24:41
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    41 You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family, for if they will not give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.'

  • Deut 29:12
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    12 That you should enter into covenant with the LORD your God, and into his oath, which the LORD your God makes with you this day:

  • Gen 44:30
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    30 Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;