Genesis 31:48-53

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,[a] 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.
52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap and pillar to my side to harm me.
53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.

Cross References 16

  • 1. S ver 46
  • 2. S Genesis 21:30; Jeremiah 29:23; Jeremiah 42:5
  • 3. Joshua 11:3; Judges 10:17; Judges 11:29; 1 Samuel 7:5-6
  • 4. Genesis 16:6
  • 5. Deuteronomy 31:19; Joshua 24:27; Judges 11:10; 1 Samuel 12:5; 1 Samuel 20:14,23,42; Job 16:19; Jeremiah 29:23; Jeremiah 42:5; Micah 1:2
  • 6. S Genesis 21:30; S Deuteronomy 4:26; S Jeremiah 7:11
  • 7. S ver 46
  • 8. S Genesis 28:18
  • 9. S Genesis 21:30
  • 10. S ver 46
  • 11. S ver 7; S Genesis 26:29
  • 12. S Genesis 24:12; Genesis 28:13
  • 13. S Genesis 11:27
  • 14. S Genesis 16:5
  • 15. S Genesis 21:23,27
  • 16. S ver 42

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Mizpah" means "watchtower."
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