Genesis 31:49 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 31:49 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob’s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים t e rāpı̂ym , Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the Pentate...
Genesis 31:49 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD (l) watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. (l) To punish the trespasser.
Genesis 31:49 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:22 to Genesis 32:2 . After Mutual Recriminations, Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant to Refrain from Aggression on each other's Territories. The analysis is uncertain; Gunkel assigns Ge...
Genesis 31:49 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Mizpah. Hebrew watch-tower. he. i.e. Laban. So that he knew Hebrew as well as Chaldee. the LORD. Laban also uses the name Jehovah. It is used by all the speakers in Genitive except the Nacha...
Genesis 31:49 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

49. The Lord watch between me and thee. Laban commits to the judgment of God, for vengeance, whatever offense either of them should be guilty of against the other in his absence; as if he wou...
Genesis 31:49 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
Genesis 31:49 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. And Mizpah х Mitspaah ( H4709 )] - a watch-tower, an eminence. When the word is used as t...
Genesis 31:49 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob's Return from Haran 4-13. Jacob attributes his prosperity to God's favour. 14-16. Rachel and Leah point out that their father had no claim on them, since Jacob had won them by his service...
Genesis 31:49 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Genesis 31:49 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Covenant between Jacob and Laban Genesis 31:43-55 In our time covenants are engrossed on parchment, so that there may be written documentary evidence accessible, to prove that certain trans...
Genesis 31:49 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the midst of Jacob's success the second divine communication came to him, commanding him to return to the land of his fathers and giving him the promise, "I will be with thee." Thus, after at leas...
Genesis 31:49 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Mizpah signifies a watch tower.
Genesis 31:49 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Mizpah ,.... Which being an Hebrew word, it looks as if the heap had also this name given it by Jacob, which signifies a "watch" or "watchtower"; though, by what follows, it seems to be given by...
Genesis 31:49 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. Ver. 49. See Trapp on " Gen 31:44 "
Genesis 31:49 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But Jacob called it Galeed The name Laban gave it signifies the heap of witness , in the Syrian tongue, which he used, and Galeed signifies the same in Hebrew, the language which Jacob used. It...
Genesis 31:49 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB'S SECRET DEPARTURE The prosperity of Jacob could not but awaken the envy of Laban's sons. Jacob had gained all of this through his caring for their father's sheep: now the majority of the sh...
Genesis 31:49 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Covenant with Laban. B. C. 1739. 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The...
Genesis 31:49 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 31:49 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you this day.” That is why its name was called Galeed and Mizpah (place of watching), for he said, “Yahweh watch (zapah) between me and you when...
Genesis 31:49 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 31:47 . And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it Galeed.] “It is remarkable that in giving these names Laban chooses the Chaldee, Jacob the Hebrew, for th...
Genesis 31:49 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 31:1 . He heard the words of Laban's sons. Three causes are assigned for Jacob's abrupt removal: first, the bitter reproaches of Laban's sons: secondly, the consequent change in the counte...
Genesis 31:49 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord watch between me and thee. Lessons 1. Injurious persons are most apt to suspect the innocent for doing wrong. 2. Wicked men would not have others wrong their children though they do...
Genesis 31:49 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar —or Matzebah , as a memorial or witness of the covenant about to be formed ( Genesis 31:52 ); a diffe...
Genesis 31:49 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Covenant on Mount Gilead
Genesis 31:49 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mizpah. i.e., a beacon, or watch-tower. Judges 10:17 Judges 11:11 Judges 11:29 Mizpeh. 1 Samuel 7:5 1 Kings 15:22 Hosea 5:1

Genesis 31:49 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 31:49 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 31:49 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:49 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 31:49 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:49 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 31:49 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 31:49 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:49 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 31:49 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 31:49 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 31:49 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 31:49 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 31:49 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 31:49 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 31:49 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:49 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 31:49 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 31:49 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:49 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 31:49 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 31:49 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 31:49 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 31:49 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 31:49 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge