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Genesis 31:49 KJV
Genesis · chapter 31 · verse 49
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.Genesis 31:49 · King James Version
Genesis 31:49 in context
47And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
49And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
50If 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.
51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- MizpahMitspâhMitspah, the name of two places in PalestineH4709 →
- absentçâtharto hide , literally or figurativelyH5641 →
- watchtsâphâhproperly, to lean forwardH6822 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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We have here the compromising of the matter between Laban and Jacob. Laban had nothing to say in reply to Jacob's remonstrance: he could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, but was convicted by his own conscience of the wrong he had done him;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 43-55