Genesis 31:49

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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 time...
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.
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 Territori...
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...
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...
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.
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 wa...
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 clai...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mizpah ] 'Outlook place.'
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 gav...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mizpah. — That is, Watchtower. There is, probably, a play in this name upon the pillar which Laban proceeds to set up, and which in Hebrew is Ma...
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 documentar...
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 p...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Mizpah signifies a watch tower.
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"...
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 "
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...
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 fo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Covenant with Laban. B. C. 1739. ...
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 sa...
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 L...
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 s...
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 n...
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 cove...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Covenant on Mount Gilead
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and Mizpah, another name, which was later applied to the location on account of another remark by Laban; for he said, The Lord watch between me and...
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

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

Related Commentaries of Genesis 31:49

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 31:49