Genesis 31:49

And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doings.

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And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

In Context

48And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,

50If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.

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Cross References

Judges 11:11So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.

1 Samuel 7:5Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you.

Hosea 5:1Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:44-55

Jacob's Covenant with Laban. ( b. c. 1739.) 43 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? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his… Read the whole commentary →

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