World English Bible
"and Mizpah, for he said, "Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another."
— Genesis 31:49, World English Bible
“And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.”
“and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. ”
“It was also called Mizpah because he said,“May the LORD watch between us when we are out of sight of one another.”
“The Lord behold and judge between us, when we shall be gone one from the other.”
“And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doings.”
“And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.”
Jacob said to his relatives, "Gather stones." They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.
Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
Laban said, "This heap is witness between me and you this day." Therefore it was named Galeed
and Mizpah, for he said, "Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.
If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you."
Laban said to Jacob, "See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.
May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.