Genesis 31:49

And Mitzpah (Watch); for he said, Hashem watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

48And Lavan said, This gal (heap, mound) is an ed (witness) between me and thee this day. Therefore was shmo called Gale'ed;

50If thou shalt afflict my banot, or if thou shalt take nashim besides my banot, no man is with us; see, Elohim ed beini uveinecha (Elohim is witness between me and you).

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Cross References

Judges 11:11Then Yiftach went with the ziknei Gil'ad, and the people made him rosh and katzin over them; and Yiftach uttered all his words before Hashem in Mitzpah.

1 Samuel 7:5And Shmuel said, Gather kol Yisroel to Mitzpah, and I will make intercessory prayer and daven for you unto Hashem.

Hosea 5:1Hear ye this, O kohanim; 1 and pay heed, ye Bais Yisroel; 1 and give ye ear, O Bais HaMelech; 1 for hamishpat (the judgment) is against you, 1 because ye have been a pach (snare, bird trap) at Mitzpah, 1 and a reshet (net) spread upon Tavor. 1

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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