Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Darby Translation
And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.
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."
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 Then responded Laban and said unto Jacob - the daughters, are my daughters, And the sons, are my sons, And the sheep are my sheep, And, all that, thou, beholdest, To me doth it belong! But to my daughters, what can I do to these this day, Or to their sons whom they have borne? 44 Now, therefore, come on! Let us solemnise a covenant, I and thou, - So shall it be a witness betwixt me and thee. 45 So Jacob took a stone, - and set it up as a pillar.
Cross References
Genesis 15:18
In that day, did Yahweh solemnise with Abram a covenant, saying, - To thy seed, have I given this land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great river - the river Euphrates:
Genesis 21:22-32
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech, with Phicol chieftain of his host, spake unto Abraham, saying, - God, is with thee in all that, thou art doing.
Genesis 26:28-31
And they said: We, saw plainly, that Yahweh was with thee, so we said, Let there be we pray thee an oath betwixt us both, betwixt us and thee, - and let us solemnise a covenant with thee: -
Genesis 31:48
Then said Laban: This heap, be witness betwixt me, and thee, to-day. For this cause, is the name thereof called Galeed;
Genesis 31:52
A witness, be this heap, and, a witness, the pillar, - That, I, am not to pass, unto thee, over this heap, And, thou, art not to pass, unto me, over this heap and this pillar for harm.
Deuteronomy 31:19
Now, therefore write ye for you this Song, and teach it unto the sons of Israel put it in their mouths, - that this Song may become for me a witness against the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy 31:21
And it shall come to pass, when many calamities and misfortunes shall find them out, then shall this Song respond to their face, as a witness, for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of their seed, for I know their imagination, which they are forming to-day, ere yet I bring them into the land of which I sware unto their fathers.
Deuteronomy 31:26
Take this scroll of the law, and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, - so shall it be there in thy midst as a witness.
Joshua 22:27
but that, a witness, it may be between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we are to do the service of Yahweh, before him, with our ascending-offerings and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings, - that your sons may not say, in time to come, to our sons, Ye have no portion in Yahweh.
Joshua 24:25-27
So then Joshua solemnised a covenant for the people, on that day, - and set for them a statute and a regulation, in Shechem.
1 Samuel 20:14-17
And, not only while I yet live, shalt thou deal with me in the lovingkindness of Yahweh, that I die not: