Genesis 31:49

also, The Watch Tower, as to which it is said, Yahweh watch betwixt me and thee, when we are parted one from another.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

48Then said Laban: This heap, be witness betwixt me, and thee, to-day. For this cause, is the name thereof called Galeed;

50If thou oppress my daughters, or if thou take wives besides my daughters,—there may be no man with us—see! God, be witness betwixt me, and thee!

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Cross References

Judges 11:11Then went Jephthah with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them, as head and commander,—and Jephthah spake all his words before Yahweh, in Mizpah.

1 Samuel 7:5And Samuel said, Gather all Israel unto Mizpah,—that I may pray for you, unto Yahweh.

Hosea 5:1Hear ye this—O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, and ye, House of the King, give ear, for, to you, pertaineth the sentence,—for, a snare, have ye been to Mizpah, and a net spread on 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 →

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