Genesis 31:49

and Mizpah, for he said, “ Adonai watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

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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

48Laban [White] said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed [Heap of stones, Heap of witness]

50If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.”

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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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