Genesis 31:49 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁴⁹ and the pillar Mizpah, for he said, “The Lord watch between you and me, when we are absent one from the other.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁹ and Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁹ And [the pillar or monument was called] Mizpah [watchpost], for he [Laban] said, May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent and hidden one from another.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁹ and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

Common English Bible

⁴⁹ He also named it Mizpah, because he said, “The LORD will observe both of us when we are separated from each other.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁹ "May the Lord consider and judge between us, when we will have withdrawn from one another.

Genesis 31:49 Cross References

1 Kings 15:22

Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, none was exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Hearken, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Judges 10:17

Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead; and the people of Israel came together, and they encamped at Mizpah.

Judges 11:11

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord at Mizpah.

Judges 11:29

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites.

1 Samuel 20:23

And as for the matter of which you and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is between you and me for ever.”