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BSB Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
OEB Come, let us make a solemn agreement, I and you, and let there be a witness between me and you.’
WEB Now come, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be for a witness between me and you.”
NET So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, you and I, and it will be proof that we have made peace.”
LSV And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and you, and it has been for a witness between me and you.”
FBV So let's make a solemn agreement between you and I, and it will be a witness to our mutual commitment.”
T4T I cannot do anything in order to keep them, so hey, we should make a peace agreement, you and I, and do something that will remind us about our agreement.”
LEB So now, come, let us make[fn] a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between me and you.”
BBE Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.
MOF No MOF GEN book available
JPS And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.'
ASV And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
DRA Come therefore, let us enter into a league: that it may be for a testimony between me and thee.
YLT and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.'
DBY And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.
RV And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
WBS Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
KJB Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
BB Nowe therfore come on, and let vs make a league I and thou, which may be a wytnesse betwene me and thee.
(Now therefore come on, and let us make a league I and thou, which may be a witness between me and thee.)
GNV Nowe therefore come and let vs make a couenant, I and thou, which may be a witnes betweene me and thee.
(Now therefore come and let us make a covenant, I and thou, which may be a witness between me and thee. )
CB Now therfore come on, let vs make a couenaunt (I & thou) which maye be a wytnesse betwene me and the.
(Now therefore come on, let us make a covenant (I and thou) which may be a witness between me and them.)
WYC Therfor come thou, and make we boond of pees, that it be witnessyng bitwixe me, and thee.
(Therefore come thou, and make we bond of peace, that it be witnessing between me, and thee.)
LUT So komm nun und laß uns einen Bund machen, ich und du, der ein Zeugnis sei zwischen mir und dir.
(So komm now and laß uns a Bund machen, I and you, the a transcript be zwischen to_me and dir.)
CLV Veni ergo, et ineamus fœdus, ut sit in testimonium inter me et te.
(Veni ergo, and ineamus fœdus, as sit in testimony between me and you(sg). )
BRN Now then come, let me make a covenant, both I and thou, and it shall be for a witness between me and thee; and he said to him, Behold, there is no one with us; behold, God is witness between me and thee.
BrLXX Νῦν οὖν δεῦρο διαθῶμαι διαθήκην ἐγώ τε καὶ σύ· καὶ ἔσται εἰς μαρτύριον ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ· εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ, ἰδοὺ οὐθεὶς μεθʼ ἡμῶν ἐστιν· ἴδε ὁ Θεὸς μάρτυς ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ.
(Nun oun deuro diathōmai diathaʸkaʸn egō te kai su; kai estai eis marturion ana meson emou kai sou; eipe de autōi, idou outheis methʼ haʸmōn estin; ide ho Theos martus ana meson emou kai sou. )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
וְעַתָּ֗ה לְכָ֛ה נִכְרְתָ֥ה בְרִ֖ית אֲנִ֣י וָאָ֑תָּה
and=now come, make covenant I and,you
For some languages it may be more natural to put I and you earlier in the sentence. Do what is best in your language. Also see how you translated So now in verse 16 and cut a covenant in Gen 26:28. Alternate translation: “So then, you and I should make a peace covenant with each other,” or “So I invite you to make a covenant with me,”
וְהָיָ֥ה
and=it_was
The subject of the Hebrew verb in this phrase is masculine singular, so it cannot refer to “covenant,” which is feminine singular. It is probably best to translate this phrase in a general way. Alternate translation: “and let there be”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
לְעֵ֖ד בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵינֶֽךָ
as,witness between,me and,between,you
If your language has a dual pronoun for us, you could use it in this verse. Also, if your language distinguishes exclusive and inclusive pronouns, you could use the inclusive form of us here. Alternate translation: “a memorial to remind us of our covenant” or “something to remind us to keep that covenant”
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Genesis 21-35
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.