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Genesis 31

Gen. 31:44 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now therefore come thou
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
, let us make
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
a covenant
briyth (Hebrew #1285)
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
KJV usage: confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Pronounce: ber-eeth'
Origin: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254))
c, I and thou; and let it be for a witness
`ed (Hebrew #5707)
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
KJV usage: witness.
Pronounce: ayd
Origin: contracted from 5749
e between me and thee.
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Gen. 26:28• 28And 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, (Gen. 26:28)
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Josh. 22:27• 27but 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. (Josh. 22:27)
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Josh. 24:27• 27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us, for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke unto us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest ye deny your God. (Josh. 24:27)

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Gen. 15:18• 18On 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; (Gen. 15:18)
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Gen. 21:22‑32• 22And 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.
 23And now swear to me here by God that thou wilt not deal deceitfully with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. According to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou sojournest.
 24And Abraham said, I will swear.
 25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
 26And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this, neither hast thou told me of it, neither have I heard of it but to-day.
 27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
 28And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.
 29And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?
 30And he said, That thou take the seven ewe-lambs of my hand, that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.
 31Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.
 32And they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the captain of his host, and returned into the land of the Philistines. (Gen. 21:22‑32)
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Gen. 26:28‑31• 28And 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,
 29that thou wilt do us no wrong, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have let thee go in peace; thou art now blessed of Jehovah.
 30And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
 31And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. (Gen. 26:28‑31)
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1 Sam. 20:14‑17• 14And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of Jehovah, that I die not,
 15but thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever, no, not when Jehovah cuts off the enemies of David, every one from the face of the earth.
 16And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let Jehovah even require it at the hand of David's enemies!
 17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by the love he had for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul. (1 Sam. 20:14‑17)
a witness.
Gen. 31:48,52• 48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,
 52let 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. (Gen. 31:48,52)
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Gen. 21:30• 30And he said, That thou take the seven ewe-lambs of my hand, that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well. (Gen. 21:30)
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Deut. 31:19,21,26• 19And 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.
 21And 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.
 26Take 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; (Deut. 31:19,21,26)
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Josh. 22:27• 27but 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. (Josh. 22:27)
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Josh. 24:25‑27• 25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
 26And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.
 27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us, for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke unto us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest ye deny your God. (Josh. 24:25‑27)
God can put a bridle into the mouth of wicked man to restrain their malice; and then, though they have no love for his people, they will pretend to it, and try to make a merit of necessity.
Scott.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.