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and Mizpah, for he said, "Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.
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Mizpah: The Watchtower
Commentators consistently explain that "Mizpah" means "watchtower." The name was given because Laban and Jacob were calling on God to be the divine "watcher" over their covenant, ensuring both parties remained faithful even when they were physically absent from one another.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
תרפים terāpı̂ym — Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapte…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19–35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham beg…
16th Century
Protestant
The Lord watch between me and you. Laban commits to the judgment of God, for vengeance, whatever offense either of them should be guilty o…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Mizpah Which being an Hebrew word, it looks as if the heap had also this name given it by Jacob, which signifies…
Laban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob and therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to acknowledge his fa…
