Genesis 31:49

Overview - Genesis 31
Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban and his sons, departs secretly.
19 Rachel steals her father's images.
22 Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong.
34 Rachel's stratagem to hide the images.
36 Jacob's complaint of Laban.
43 The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed.
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Genesis 31:49  (King James Version)
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
 


Mizpah
i.e., a beacon, or watch-tower.
Judges 10:17 ; Judges 11:11 Judges 11:29

Mizpeh
1 Samuel 7:5 ; 1 Kings 15:22 ; Hosea 5:1