Genesis 31:49

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Genesis 31:49

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Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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World English Bible

and Mizpah, for he said, “The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 31

⁴⁷ Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

⁴⁸ Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.

⁴⁹ It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

⁵⁰ If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”

⁵¹ Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.

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