Genesis 31:44

New International Reader's Version

Come now. Let’s make a formal agreement, you and I. Let it be a witness between us.”

Cross References

Genesis 15:18

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said, “I am giving this land to your family who comes after you. It reaches from the River of Egypt to the great Euphrates River.

Genesis 31:48

Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness between you and me today.” That’s why it was named Galeed.

Genesis 31:52

This pile is a witness. And this stone is a witness. They are witnesses that I won’t go past this pile to harm you. And they are witnesses that you won’t go past this pile and this stone to harm me.

Deuteronomy 31:19

“I want you to write down a song and teach it to the Israelites. Have them sing it. It will be my witness against them.

Deuteronomy 31:21

Many horrible troubles and hard times will come on them. Then the song I am giving you will be a witness against them. That is because the song will not be forgotten by their children and their children’s children. I know what they are likely to do. I know it even before I bring them into the land I promised them.”

Deuteronomy 31:26

“Take this Book of the Law. Place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. It will remain there as a witness against you.

Joshua 22:27

So just the opposite is true. The altar will be a witness between us and you. It will be a witness between our children and yours after us. It will also be a witness that we will worship the Lord at his sacred tent. We’ll worship him there with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and friendship offerings. Then in days to come your children won’t be able to say to ours, ‘You don’t have anything to do with the Lord.’