Genesis 31:49
It is also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May Yahweh watch between you and me, when we are out of sight one from another.
Unlocked Literal 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
48Laban said, “This pile is a witness between me and you today.” Therefore its name was called Galeed.
Cross References
Judges 11:11So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him leader and commander over them. When he was before Yahweh in Mizpah, Jephthah repeated all the promises he made.
1 Samuel 7:5Then Samuel said, “Bring together all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
Hosea 5:1“Hear this, priests! 1 Pay attention, house of Israel! 1 Listen, house of the king! 1 For judgment is coming against you all. 1 You have been a snare at Mizpah 1 and a net spread over Tabor. 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 →