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Genesis 31:49

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And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

And Mizpah {H4709}; for {H834} he said {H559}, The LORD {H3068} watch {H6822} between me and thee, when we are absent {H5641} one {H376} from another {H7453}.

and also HaMitzpah [the watchtower], because he said, "May ADONAI watch between me and you when we are apart from each other.

It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

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Cross-References

  • Judges 11:29 (4 votes)

    ¶ Then 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 10:17 (3 votes)

    Then 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 (2 votes)

    And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.

  • 1 Samuel 7:6 (2 votes)

    And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured [it] out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

  • Judges 11:11 (1 votes)

    Then 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 5:1 (1 votes)

    ¶ Hear 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 15:22 (1 votes)

    Then 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.