Genesis 31:44

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Gen 15:18 : 18 In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, `To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,
  • Gen 21:22-32 : 22 And 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; 23 and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.' 24 And Abraham saith, `I -- I do swear.' 25 And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away, 26 and Abimelech saith, `I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.' 27 And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant; 28 and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, `What `are' they -- these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?' 30 And he saith, `For -- the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;' 31 therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn. 32 And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth -- Phichol also, head of his host -- and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines;
  • Gen 26:28-31 : 28 And they say, `We have certainly seen that Jehovah hath been with thee, and we say, `Let there be, we pray thee, an oath between us, between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; 29 do not evil with us, as we have not touched thee, and as we have only done good with thee, and send thee away in peace; thou `art' now blessed of Jehovah.' 30 And he maketh for them a banquet, and they eat and drink, 31 and rise early in the morning, and swear one to another, and Isaac sendeth them away, and they go from him in peace.
  • Gen 31:48 : 48 And Laban saith, `This heap `is' witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;
  • Gen 31:52 : 52 this heap `is' witness, and the standing pillar `is' witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me -- for evil;
  • Deut 31:19 : 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,
  • Deut 31:21 : 21 `And it hath been, when many evils and distresses do meet it, that this song hath testified to its face for a witness; for it is not forgotten out of the mouth of its seed, for I have known its imagining which it is doing to-day, before I bring them in unto the land of which I have sworn.'
  • Deut 31:26 : 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;
  • Josh 22:27 : 27 but a witness it `is' between us and you, and between our generations after us, to do the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings, and your sons do not say hereafter to our sons, Ye have no portion in Jehovah.
  • Josh 24:25-27 : 25 And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem. 26 And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which `is' in the sanctuary of Jehovah. 27 And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Lo, this stone is against us for a witness, for it hath heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He hath spoken with us, and it hath been against you for a witness, lest ye lie against your God.'
  • 1 Sam 20:14-17 : 14 and not only while I am alive dost thou do with me the kindness of Jehovah, and I die not, 15 but thou dost not cut off thy kindness from my house unto the age, nor in Jehovah's cutting off the enemies of David, each one from off the face of the ground.' 16 And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought `it' from the hand of the enemies of David; 17 and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him.

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  • Gen 31:47-53
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    47and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.

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

    49Mizpah also, for he said, `Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;

    50if thou afflict my daughters, or take wives beside my daughters -- there is no man with us -- see, God `is' witness between me and thee.'

    51And Laban saith to Jacob, `Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee;

    52this heap `is' witness, and the standing pillar `is' witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me -- for evil;

    53the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us -- the God of their father,' and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac.

  • Gen 31:42-43
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    42unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now empty thou hadst sent me away; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen, and reproveth yesternight.'

    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?

  • Gen 26:28
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    28And they say, `We have certainly seen that Jehovah hath been with thee, and we say, `Let there be, we pray thee, an oath between us, between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

  • Gen 31:45
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    45And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up `for' a standing pillar;

  • Gen 29:19
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    19and Laban saith, `It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;'

  • Gen 30:34
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    34And Laban saith, `Lo, O that it were according to thy word;'

  • Gen 29:13-15
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    13And it cometh to pass, when Laban heareth the report of Jacob his sister's son, that he runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and kisseth him, and bringeth him in unto his house; and he recounteth to Laban all these things,

    14and Laban saith to him, `Only my bone and my flesh `art' thou;' and he dwelleth with him a month of days.

    15And Laban saith to Jacob, `Is it because thou `art' my brother that thou hast served me for nought? declare to me what `is' thy hire.'

  • Gen 30:27-31
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    27And Laban saith unto him, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes -- I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.'

    28He saith also, `Define thy hire to me, and I give.'

    29And he saith unto him, `Thou -- thou hast known that which I have served thee `in', and that which thy substance was with me;

    30for `it is' little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?'

    31And he saith, `What do I give to thee?' And Jacob saith, `Thou dost not give me anything; if thou do for me this thing, I turn back; I have delight; thy flock I watch;

  • Gen 31:12-14
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    12`And He saith, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see -- all the he-goats which are going up on the flock `are' ring-straked, speckled, and grisled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to thee;

    13I `am' the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.'

    14And Rachel answereth -- Leah also -- and saith to him, `Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?

  • Gen 31:25-26
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    25And Laban overtaketh Jacob; and Jacob hath fixed his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren have fixed `theirs' in the mount of Gilead.

    26And Laban saith to Jacob, `What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword?

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    2and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore.

    3And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, `Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.'

    4And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock;

  • Gen 29:21-22
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    21And Jacob saith unto Laban, `Give up my wife, for my days have been fulfilled, and I go in unto her;'

    22and Laban gathereth all the men of the place, and maketh a banquet.

  • Gen 31:36-37
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    36And it is displeasing to Jacob, and he striveth with Laban; and Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, `What `is' my transgression? what my sin, that thou hast burned after me?

    37for thou hast felt all my vessels: what hast thou found of all the vessels of thy house? set here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and they decide between us both.

  • Gen 31:31-32
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    31And Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, `Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take violently away thy daughters from me;

    32with whomsoever thou findest thy gods -- he doth not live; before our brethren discern for thyself what `is' with me, and take to thyself:' and Jacob hath not known that Rachel hath stolen them.

  • Gen 31:16
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    16for all the wealth which God hath taken away from our father, it `is' ours, and our children's; and now, all that God hath said unto thee -- do.'

  • Gen 24:41
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    41then art thou acquitted from my oath, when thou comest unto my family, and if they give not `one' to thee; then thou hast been acquitted from my oath.

  • Deut 29:12
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    12for thy passing over into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into His oath which Jehovah thy God is making with thee to-day;

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    30`And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),