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Verse Genesis 31:48-1. I think these two verses are badly divided, and
should be read thus:
Genesis 31:48. _And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and_
_thee this day_.
Genesis
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- 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 Pentateuch. It is...
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CHAPTER 31 JACOB'S SERVITUDE ENDED AND FLIGHT FROM LABAN
_ 1. Laban's behavior and God's commandment (Genesis 31:1)_
2. The dream vision to return to the land (Genesis 31:11)
3. Jacob's flight (Gen...
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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 Genesis 31...
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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 _Nachash_ (Ge...
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The Pursuit of Laban, &c.
23. _his brethren_ i.e. the men of his kindred and clan, as in Genesis
31:25_; Genesis 31:32_. Jacob is similarly attended; cf. Genesis
31:37;...
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_Mizpah_ That is, _The watch-tower_. Cf. Judges 11:29, "Mizpeh of
Gilead," and Genesis 31:34, "Mizpah." Probably a common name for a
height. The mention of this name comes in very abruptly at this poi...
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PART FORTY-TWO
THE STORY OF JACOB: HIS RETURN TO CANAAN
(Genesis 31:17 to Genesis 33:20)
1. _The Covenant in Gilead: The Biblical Account_ (Genesis
31:17-55)_._
17 Then Jacob rose up, an
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_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 the name of...
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31:49 Mizpah; (d-3) Watch-tower....
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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 services, an...
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MIZPAH] 'Outlook place.'...
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‘Mizpah’ means ‘a place to watch’ or ‘a look-out’....
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 31
GOD TELLS JACOB TO RETURN
V1 Laban’s sons said, ‘Jacob has taken all that belonged to our
father. He has gained all his wealth from our father...
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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 up his des...
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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 _Mazebah._ In the reason given for the name Labau calls...
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THE COVENANT BETWEEN JACOB AND LABAN
Genesis 31:43
In our time covenants are engrossed on parchment, so that there may be
written documentary evidence accessible, to prove that certain
transactions h...
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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 least...
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THE COVENANT BETWEEN JACOB AND LABAN
Though Jacob accused Laban of intending to do him harm if God had not
warned him, Laban claimed he would not hurt his own family. Perhaps to
save embarrassment be...
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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....
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_Behold. Hebrew, "and Mitspah," or "Hammitspah," the watch-tower,
whence God will see us. (Calmet)_...
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Mizpah signifies a watch tower....
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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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 would say,...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 THROUGH 35.
I have no doubt that in the two wives, as I have said, we have the
Gentiles and Israel: Rachel first loved on the earth, but not
possessed; but...
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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 La...
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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 _"_...
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_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
a...
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1 Iacob vpon displeasure departeth secretly.
19 Rachel stealeth her fathers images.
22 Laban pursueth after him,
26 and complaineth of the wrong.
34 Rachels policie to hide the images.
36 Iacobs...
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The Covenant on Mount Gilead...
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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 THEE WHEN WE ARE ABSENT ONE FROM ANOTHER. Mizpah, or...
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FOURTH SECTION
_Jacob’s flight. Laban’s persecution. The covenant between the two
on the mountain of Gilead. Departure._
GENESIS 31:4 TO GENESIS 32:2
, 4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to...
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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 sheep...
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MIZPAH:
that is, A beacon, or, watchtower...
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43-55 Laban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob,
therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to
own himself in fault, as he ought to have done. But he proposes a
c...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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These Chapter s present to us the history of Jacob at least, the
principal scenes in that history. The Spirit of God here sets before
us the deepest instruction, first, as to God's purpose of infinite...
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Genesis 31:49 Mizpah H4709 because H834 said H559 (H8804) LORD H3068
watch H6822 (H8799) absent H5641 ...
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‘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 w...
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CONTENTS: Jacob's resolution to return. Laban's hot pursuit; their
quarrel and final agreement.
CHARACTERS: Laban, Jacob, Rachael, Leah.
CONCLUSION: The safety of believers under trying circumstance...
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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 countenan...
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_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 it t...
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MIZPAH
Therefore was the name of it called Galeed and Mizpah, for he said,
The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from
another. Genesis 31:48-49.
The sermon today is going to be...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 31:47 MIZPAH, meaning “watchtower,”
became the name of a settlement north of the Jabbok River. It was the
hometown of Jephthah (Judges 11:11
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 31:19 Fearful that Laban will prevent him
from leaving Paddan-aram, Jacob escapes when his father-in-law is away
shearing sheep. When Laban discovers what has happened, he purs...
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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 the same...
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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 different tran
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And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away
all that was our father's; and all that which was our father's hath he
gotten all this glory (Genesis 31:1).
In other words, they...
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Mizpah. i.e., a beacon, or watch-tower. Judges 10:17 Judges 11:11
Judges 11:29 Mizpeh. 1 Samuel 7:5...