Genesis 31:44 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. ”

Genesis 31:44 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob’s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים t e rāpı̂ym , Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the Pentate...
Genesis 31:44 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Now therefore (i) come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. (i) His conscience reproved him for his misbehaviour toward Jacob, and therefore mov...
Genesis 31:44 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:22 to Genesis 32:2 . After Mutual Recriminations, Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant to Refrain from Aggression on each other's Territories. The analysis is uncertain; Gunkel assigns Ge...
Genesis 31:44 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

make. Hebrew cut (Compare Genesis 15:10 ; Genesis 15:18 ). solemnize.
Genesis 31:44 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

44. Let us make a covenant, I and thou. Laban here acts as men conscious of guilt are wont to do, when they wish to guard themselves against revenge: and this kind of trepidation and anxiety...
Genesis 31:44 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
Genesis 31:44 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Now therefore come, &c.— Finding it impossible to do Jacob any injury, Laban assumes the language of tenderness and affection; and, like a true worldly man, carefully provides against receiving...
Genesis 31:44 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. Come ... let us make a covenant. The way in which this covenant was ratified was...
Genesis 31:44 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob's Return from Haran 4-13. Jacob attributes his prosperity to God's favour. 14-16. Rachel and Leah point out that their father had no claim on them, since Jacob had won them by his service...
Genesis 31:44 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Genesis 31:44 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Covenant between Jacob and Laban Genesis 31:43-55 In our time covenants are engrossed on parchment, so that there may be written documentary evidence accessible, to prove that certain trans...
Genesis 31:44 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the midst of Jacob's success the second divine communication came to him, commanding him to return to the land of his fathers and giving him the promise, "I will be with thee." Thus, after at leas...
Genesis 31:44 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And are not all seals of the covenant in ordinances, like these stones, witnesses for or against the use, or abuse, of them?
Genesis 31:44 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now therefore, come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou ,.... Let us be good friends, and enter into an alliance for mutual safety, and make an agreement for each other's good. Laban perceiving...
Genesis 31:44 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. Ver. 44. Now therefore come thou, &c. ] "A fool is full of words," saith Solomon....
Genesis 31:44 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All is mine That is, came by me. Let us make a covenant It was made and ratified with great solemnity, according to the usages of those times. 1st, A pillar was erected, a heap of stones raised...
Genesis 31:44 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB'S SECRET DEPARTURE The prosperity of Jacob could not but awaken the envy of Laban's sons. Jacob had gained all of this through his caring for their father's sheep: now the majority of the sh...
Genesis 31:44 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Covenant with Laban. B. C. 1739. 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The...
Genesis 31:44 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Both to our own consciences of our mutual obligations, and to God against either of us who shall break it, that he may severely punish us for it.
Genesis 31:44 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and you, and let it be for a witness between me and you.” This change of heart of Laban, who had originally intended to drag Jacob and his household back t...
Genesis 31:44 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 31:47 . And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it Galeed.] “It is remarkable that in giving these names Laban chooses the Chaldee, Jacob the Hebrew, for th...
Genesis 31:44 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 31:1 . He heard the words of Laban's sons. Three causes are assigned for Jacob's abrupt removal: first, the bitter reproaches of Laban's sons: secondly, the consequent change in the counte...
Genesis 31:44 - The Biblical Illustrator

Let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee Laban’s covenant with Jacob I. IT WAS FORCED UPON HIM BY CIRCUMSTANCES. 1. His long journey in pursuit of...
Genesis 31:44 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 31:22 , Genesis 31:23 And it was told Laban on the third day — i . e . the third after Jacob's departure, the distance between the two sheep-stations being a three...
Genesis 31:44 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Covenant on Mount Gilead
Genesis 31:44 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

let us. Genesis 15:18 Genesis 21:22-32 Genesis 26:28-31 1 Samuel 20:14-17 a witness. Genesis 31:48 Genesis 31:52 Genesis 21:30 Deuteronomy 31:19 Deuteronomy 31:21 Deuteronomy 31:26...
Genesis 31:44 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let us make a covenant — It was made and ratified with great solemnity, according to the usages of those times. A pillar was erected, and a heap of stones raised, to perpetuate the memory of the th...

Genesis 31:44 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 31:44 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 31:44 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:44 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 31:44 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:44 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 31:44 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 31:44 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 31:44 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:44 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 31:44 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 31:44 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 31:44 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 31:44 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 31:44 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 31:44 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 31:44 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:44 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 31:44 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 31:44 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:44 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 31:44 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 31:44 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 31:44 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 31:44 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 31:44 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 31:44 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes