Bible verse
It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
Genesis 31:49 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 31.
45 So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,
46 and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.
47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
48 Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
49 It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
50 If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
51 Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.
52 This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.
53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
KJV
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
ASV
and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
ERV
and Mizpah, for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
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