Genesis 31:49
Also he called it Mizpah, because he said, The Lord looke betweene me and thee, when we shalbe departed one from another,
Geneva Bible 1599
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
Cross References
Judges 11:11Then Iphtah went with the Elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captaine ouer them: and Iphtah rehearsed all his wordes before the Lord in Mizpeh.
1 Samuel 7:5And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you vnto the Lord.
Hosea 5:1O ye Priestes, heare this, and hearken ye, O house of Israel, and giue ye eare, O house of the King: for iudgement is towarde you, because you haue bene a snare on Mizpah, and a net spred vpon 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 →