On that day Adonai cut a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:
Genesis 31:44 - Tree of Life Version So now, come, let’s 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 Adonai cut a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:
And Laban said, “This pile is a witness between me and you today.” That is why its name is Gal-ed,
this pile serves as a witness, that I won’t pass by this pillar to go to you, and that you won’t pass by this pile and this pillar to go to me—with evil intent.
“Now, write this song for yourselves, and teach it to Bnei-Yisrael—put it in their mouth, so that this song may be a witness for Me against Bnei-Yisrael.
Now when many evils and troubles have come on them, this song will confront them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten from the mouth of their descendants. For I know the intention they are devising this day, even before I bring them into the land that I swore.”
“Take this scroll of the Torah, and place it beside the Ark of the Covenant of Adonai your God. It will remain there as a witness against you,
but as a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, so that we may do the service of Adonai before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices and with our fellowship offerings. Then your children may not say to our children in times to come. “You have no share in Adonai!”’