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49 or Mizpah, for he said, “Let Adonai keep watch between you and me when we are out of one another’s sight. 50 If you mistreat my daughters, and if you take wives besides my daughters, though no one is with us, look! God is the witness between you and me.”

51 Laban said further to Jacob, “Behold, this pile, and this pillar which I’ve set up between you and me:

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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. 50 If you mistreat(B) my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness(C) between you and me.”(D)

51 Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is this heap,(E) and here is this pillar(F) I have set up between you and me.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:49 Mizpah means watchtower.