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Genesis 31:49
and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
Genesis 31:49 · American Standard Version
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Genesis 31:49 in other translations
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
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, “The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.
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In context
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.
47 And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:
49 and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides 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 the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee.
52 This heap be witness, and the 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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