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Genesis 31:47-49
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47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, while Jacob called it Galeed.

48 Laban said, “Let this mound be today a witness between me and you.” Because of this he called it Galeed 49 and also Mizpah, because he said, “May the Lord keep watch between me and you when we will no longer see each other.[a]

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  1. Genesis 31:49 May . . . other: the so-called Mizpah benediction, which in context is in fact a denunciation or curse.
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