KJV King James Version
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
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Genesis 31:49
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
WEB World English Bible
and Mizpah, for he said, “Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.
ASV American Standard Version
and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Mizpah also, for he said, ‘Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;
Surrounding context — Genesis 31
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take [other] wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with us; see, God [is] witness betwixt me and thee.
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold [this] pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
52 This heap [be] witness, and [this] pillar [be] witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
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Judges 11:29Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over [unto] the children of Ammon.Judges 10:17Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.1 Samuel 7:5-6And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.Judges 11:11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.Hosea 5:1Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment [is] toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.1 Kings 15:22Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none [was] exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
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