Genesis 31:44

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Genesis 31:44


← Genesis 31:43 Genesis 31:44 (KJV) Genesis 31:45 →
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Now therefore come thouH3212, let us makeH3772 a covenantH1285, I and thou; and let it be for a witnessH5707 between me and thee.


Original Hebrew

וְעַתָּה לְכָה נִכְרְתָה בְרִית אֲנִי וָאָתָּה וְהָיָה לְעֵד בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה
ve./'a.Tah H6258 HC/D and/ therefore
לְכָ֛/ה
le.Kha/h H3212 HVqv2ms/Sh come/ !
נִכְרְתָ֥ה
nikh.re.Tah H3772 HVqh1cp let us make
בְרִ֖ית
ve.Rit H1285 HNcfsa a covenant
אֲנִ֣י
'a.Ni H589 HPp1cs I
וָ/אָ֑תָּה
va./'A.tah H859 HC/Pp2ms and/ you
וְ/הָיָ֥ה
ve./ha.Yah H1961 HC/Vqq3ms and/ it will become
לְ/עֵ֖ד
le./'Ed H5707 HR/Ncmsa (into)/ a witness
בֵּינִ֥/י
bei./Ni H996 HR/Sp1cs between/ me
וּ/בֵינֶֽ/ךָ
u./vei.Ne./kha H996 HC/R/Sp2ms and/ between/ you
Strong's References
  • H1285 — בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'): from בָּרָה (bârâh) H1262 (in the sense of cutting (like בָּרָא (bârâʼ) H1254)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh); confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
  • H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ (hâlak) H1980); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
  • H3772 — כָּרַת (kârath, kaw-rath'): a primitive root; 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); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.
  • H5707 — עֵד (ʻêd, ayd): contracted from עוּד (ʻûwd) H5749; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince; witness.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): contracted from אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy) H595; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
  • H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ (ʼattâ); or אַת (ʼath); feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי (ʼattîy); plural masculine אַתֶּם (ʼattem); feminine אַתֶּן (ʼatten); or אַתֵּנָה (ʼattênâh); or אַתֵּנָּה (ʼattênnâh); a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
  • H996 — בֵּין (bêyn, bane): (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין (bîyn) H995; a distinction; but used only as a preposition; between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or; among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
  • H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא (hâvâʼ) H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
  • H6258 — עַתָּה (ʻattâh, at-taw'): from עֵת (ʻêth) H6256; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive; henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.
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