Genesis 31:49

But its other name is Mizpah which means watchtower. Laban went on to say, “I am asking God to watch us, so that we both keep our side of the promise, even when we are living in different places.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

48Laban said, “This pile of stones is like a witness to the promise we are making today.” That is why he called it Galeed.

50Jacob, you must not give my daughters a hard time or hurt them in any way. You must not marry any more wives. Nobody might see you marry another woman, but the God you respect will see. He is a witness to this promise we are making today.

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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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