Verse 30

And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 31:52 : 52 This heape shall be witnesse, and the pillar shall be witnesse, that I will not come ouer this heape to thee, and that thou shalt not passe ouer this heape and this pillar vnto me for euill.
• Josh 22:27-28 : 27 But it shall be a witnesse betweene vs and you, and betweene our generations after vs, to execute the seruice of the Lorde before him in our burnt offerings, and in our sacrifices, and in our peace offerings, and that your children should not say to our children in time to come, Ye haue no part in the Lord. 28 Therefore said we, If so be that they should so say to vs or to our generations in time to come, then will we answere, Beholde the facion of the altar of the Lorde, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice, but it is a witnesse betweene vs and you.
• Josh 24:27 : 27 And Ioshua saide vnto all the people, Beholde, this stone shall be a witnesse vnto vs: for it hath heard all the wordes of the Lord which he spake with vs: it shall be therefore a witnesse against you, lest yee denie your God.
• Gen 31:44-48 : 44 Nowe therefore come and let vs make a couenant, I and thou, which may be a witnes betweene me and thee. 45 Then tooke Iaakob a stone, and set it vp as a pillar: 46 And Iaakob sayde vnto his brethren, Gather stones: who brought stones, and made an heape, and they did eate there vpon the heape. 47 And Laban called it Iegar-sahadutha, and Iaakob called it Galeed. 48 For Laban sayd, This heape is witnesse betweene me and thee this day: therefore he called the name of it Galeed.