Genesis 31:49

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.Mizpah: that is, A beacon, or, watchtower

WEB

and Mizpah, for he said, “Yahweh watch between me and you, 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.

LSV

Mizpah also, for he said, “YHWH watches between me and you, for we are hidden from one another;

YLT

Mizpah also, for he said, 'Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;

DBY

— and Mizpah; for he said, Let Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we shall be hidden one from another:

DRC

The Lord behold and judge between us when we shall be gone one from the other.

GNV

Also he called it Mizpah, because he said, The Lord looke betweene me and thee, when we shalbe departed one from another,

JPS

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

LXXE

And the vision of which he said—Let God look to it between me and thee, because we are about to depart from each other,—

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WLC

וְהַמִּצְפָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔ר יִ֥צֶף יְהוָ֖ה בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ כִּ֥י נִסָּתֵ֖ר אִ֥ישׁ מֵרֵעֵֽהוּ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἡ ὅρασις, ἣν εἶπεν, ἐπίδοι ὁ Θεὸς ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ· ὅτι ἀποστησόμεθα ἕτερος ἀφʼ ἑτέρου.

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• Judges 11:29Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
• Judges 10:17Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
• 1 Samuel 7:5–6Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.” When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they…
• 1 Kings 15:22Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as…
• Hosea 5:1“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
• Judges 11:11So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

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