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

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49 It was also called Mizpah,[a](A) because he said, “May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:49 Mizpah means watchtower.

28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord.

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28 Just as I watched(A) over them to uproot(B) and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster,(C) so I will watch over them to build and to plant,”(D) declares the Lord.

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