Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.
New American Standard Bible
So now come, let us
King James Version
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
Holman Bible
Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I.
International Standard Version
Come, let's make a covenant just between you and me. And let it serve as a witness between you and me."
A Conservative Version
And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
American Standard Version
And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
Amplified
So come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
Bible in Basic English
Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.
Julia Smith Translation
Now come thou we will make a covenant, I and thou; and it was for witness between me and between thee.
King James 2000
Now therefore come, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be for a witness between me and you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So now, come, let us {make} a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between me and you."
Modern King James verseion
And come now, let us make a covenant, you and I. And let it be for a witness between you and me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now therefore, come on, let us make a bond, I and thou together, and let it be a witness between thee and me."
NET Bible
So now, come, let's make a formal agreement, you and I, and it will be proof that we have made peace."
New Heart English Bible
Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you."
The Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, come on! Let us solemnise a covenant, I and thou, - So shall it be a witness betwixt me and thee.
Webster
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
World English Bible
Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you."
Youngs Literal Translation
and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.'
Themes
Contracts » By erecting a heap of stones
Covenant » Instances of » Jacob and laban
Laban » Pursues jacob, overtakes him at mount gilead, and covenants with him
Interlinear
Yalak
Karath
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 31:44
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Flees From Laban
43 And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flock is my flock, and all that thou seest is mine; but as for my daughters, what can I do this day to them, or to their sons whom they have brought forth? 44 And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
Cross References
Genesis 15:18
On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;
Genesis 21:22-32
And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, and Phichol the captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.
Genesis 26:28-31
And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there be then an oath between us between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,
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,
Genesis 31:52
let this heap be witness, and the pillar a witness, that neither I pass this heap to go to thee, nor thou pass this heap and this pillar to come to me, for harm.
Deuteronomy 31:19
And now, write ye this song, 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.
Deuteronomy 31:21
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 are forming already this day, before I bring them into the land which I have sworn unto them.
Deuteronomy 31:26
Take this book of the law, and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee;
Joshua 22:27
but to be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we might do service to Jehovah 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 future, Ye have no portion in Jehovah.
Joshua 24:25-27
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
1 Samuel 20:14-17
And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of Jehovah, that I die not,