49It was also called Mizpah, because he said, "May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.


In Context

46 He said to his relatives, "Gather some stones." So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

48 Laban said, "This heap is a witness between you and me today." That is why it was called Galeed.

49 It was also called Mizpah, because he said, "May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.

50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me."

51 Laban also said to Jacob, "Here is this heap, and here is this pillar I have set up between you and me.

Genesis 31:49 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:49And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:49The Lord behold and judge between us when we shall be gone one from the other.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:49and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:49and Mizpah; for he said, Let Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we shall be hidden one from another:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:49and Mizpah, for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:49And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:49and Mizpah, for he said, |Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:49Mizpah also, for he said, 'Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:49And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.