On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
Genesis 31:44 - New Revised Standard Version Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be a witness between you and me.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So come now, let us make a covenant or league, you and I, and let it be for a witness between you and me. American Standard Version (1901) And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. Common English Bible Come, let’s make a treaty, you and me, and let something be our witness.” Catholic Public Domain Version Come, therefore, let us enter into a pact, so that it may be a testimony between me and you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Come therefore, let us enter into a league: that it may be for a testimony between me and thee. |
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore he called it Galeed,
This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
Now therefore write this song, and teach it to the Israelites; put it in their mouths, in order that this song may be a witness for me against the Israelites.
And when many terrible troubles come upon them, this song will confront them as a witness, because it will not be lost from the mouths of their descendants. For I know what they are inclined to do even now, before I have brought them into the land that I promised them on oath.”
“Take this book of the law and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God; let it remain there as a witness against you.
but to be a witness between us and you, and between the generations after us, that we do perform the service of the Lord in his presence with our burnt offerings and sacrifices and offerings of well-being; so that your children may never say to our children in time to come, “You have no portion in the Lord.” ’