And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. This was not, as has been strangely alleged, the tower Edar, on one of the gates of Jerusalem, which had not an existence for centuries after Jacob's time; but х migdal (H4026) `Eeder (H5740)], tower of the flock, for watching them-a village about a mile distant (according to Jerome's 'Quaest. in Genesin') from Beth-lehem (Micah 4:8); and the place of the shepherds (Luke 2:8); whence it is called Pastora.