And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
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Gill's Exposition
This heap be witness,.... Agreeably to its name, which both he and Jacob gave unto it:
and this pillar be witness: which was set up for the same purpose:
that I will not pass over this heap to…
- Jacob’s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים terāpı̂ym, Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the Pentateuch. It is…
We have here the compromising of the matter between Laban and Jacob. Laban had nothing to say in reply to Jacob's remonstrance: he could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, but was convicted by…
Cambridge Bible
Mizpah That is, The watch-tower. Cf. Jdg 11:29, "Mizpeh of Gilead," and Gen 31:31, "Mizpah." Probably a common name for a height. The mention of this name comes in very abruptly at this point, and may…
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