Genesis 31:44
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Come, therefore, let us enter into a league; that it may be for a testimony between me and thee.

let us.

Genesis 15:18 That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river to Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.

Genesis 21:22-32 At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army, said to Abraham: God is with thee in all that thou dost. . . .

Genesis 26:28-31 And they answered: We saw that the Lord is with thee, and therefore we said: Let there be an oath between us, and let us make a covenant, . . .

1 Samuel 20:14-17 And if I live, thou shalt shew me the kindness of the Lord: but if I die, . . .

a witness.

Genesis 31:48,52 And Laban said: This heap shall be a witness between me and thee this day, and therefore the name thereof was called Galaad, that is, The witness heap. . . .

Genesis 21:30 But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

Deuteronomy 31:19,21,26 Now therefore write you this canticle, and teach the children of Israel: that they may know it by heart, and sing it by mouth, and this song may be unto me for a testimony among the children of Israel. . . .

Joshua 22:27 But for a testimony between us and you, and our posterity and yours, that we may serve the Lord, and that we may have a right to offer both holocausts, and victims and sacrifices of peace offerings: and that your children to morrow may not say to our children: You have no part in the Lord.

Joshua 24:25-27 Joshua therefore on that day made a covenant, and set before the people commandments and judgments in Sichem. . . .

God can put a bridle into the mouth of wicked man to restrain their malice; and then, though they have no love for his people, they will pretend to it, and try to make a merit of necessity. Scott.

Context
Jacob's Covenant with Laban
43Laban answered him: The daughters are mine, and the children, and thy flocks, and all things that thou seest are mine: what can I do to my children, and grandchildren? 44Come, therefore, let us enter into a league; that it may be for a testimony between me and thee.45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a title.…
Cross References
Genesis 21:27
Then Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league.

Genesis 21:32
And they made a league for the well of oath.

Genesis 26:28
And they answered: We saw that the Lord is with thee, and therefore we said: Let there be an oath between us, and let us make a covenant,

Joshua 24:27
And he said to all the people: Behold this stone shall be a testimony unto you, that it hath heard all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken to you: lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it, and lie to the Lord your God.

Lexicon
Come
לְכָ֛ה (lə·ḵāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

now,
וְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time

let us make
נִכְרְתָ֥ה (niḵ·rə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

a covenant,
בְרִ֖ית (ḇə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1285: A covenant

you
וָאָ֑תָּה (wā·’āt·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

and I,
אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

and let it serve as
וְהָיָ֥ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a witness
לְעֵ֖ד (lə·‘êḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince

between
בֵּינִ֥י (bê·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

you and me.”
וּבֵינֶֽךָ׃ (ū·ḇê·ne·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between


Additional Translations
Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”Now therefore come you, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be for a witness between me and you.

And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

Now then come, let me make a covenant, both I and thou, and it shall be for a witness between me and thee; and he said to him, Behold, there is no one with us; behold, God is witness between me and thee.

And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.

And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

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

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

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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