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BrLXXΚαὶ ἡ ὅρασις, ἣν εἶπεν, ἐπίδοι ὁ Θεὸς ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ· ὅτι ἀποστησόμεθα ἕτερος ἀφʼ ἑτέρου. (Kai haʸ horasis, haʸn eipen, epidoi ho Theos ana meson emou kai sou; hoti apostaʸsometha heteros afʼ heterou. )
BrTrAnd the vision of which he said—Let God look to it between me and thee, because we are about to depart from each other,—
ULTIt is also Mizpah, because he said, “May Yahweh watch between me and you when we are hidden one from the other.
USTAnother name for the place is Mizpah, which means “watchtower,” because Laban said to Jacob, “May Yahweh watch both of us to make sure that we keep our treaty while we are apart from each other.
BSBIt was also called Mizpah,[fn] because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
T4TThey also named the place Mizpah, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’, because Laban said, “We will ask Yahweh to watch you and me while we are separated from each other, so that we do not try to harm each other.
LEBand Mizpah,[fn] because he said, “Yahweh watch between me and you when we are out of sight of each other.[fn]
JPSand Mizpah, for he said: 'The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
ASVand Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
DRAThe Lord behold and judge between us when we shall be gone one from the other.
YLTMizpah also, for he said, 'Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;
Drby— and Mizpah; for he said, Let Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we shall be hidden one from another:
RVand Mizpah, for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
WbstrAnd Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
KJB-1769And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.[fn] (And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee/you, when we are absent one from another. )
KJB-1611[fn]And Mizpah: for he said, The LORD watch betweene me and thee when we are absent one from another. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
BshpsAnd Mispah: for he said, the Lord loke betwene thee and me when we are departed one from another, (And Mispah: for he said, the Lord look between thee/you and me when we are departed one from another,)
GnvaAlso he called it Mizpah, because he said, The Lord looke betweene me and thee, when we shalbe departed one from another, (Also he called it Mizpah, because he said, The Lord look between me and thee/you, when we shall be departed one from another, )
Cvdland a testimony, for he sayde: The LORDE loke betwene me and ye, whan we are departed ye one from ye other: (and a testimony, for he said: The LORD look between me and ye/you_all, when we are departed ye/you_all one from ye/you_all other:)
WyclAnd Laban addide, The Lord biholde, and deme bitwixe vs, whanne we schulen go awei fro yow; (And Laban addide, The Lord biholde, and deme between us, when we should go away from yow;)
Luthund sei eine Warte, denn er sprach: Der HErr sehe darein zwischen mir und dir, wenn wir voneinander kommen, (and be one Warte, because he spoke: The LORD see darein between to_me and to_you, when we/us voneinander coming,)
ClVgIntueatur et judicet Dominus inter nos quando recesserimus a nobis, (Intueatur and yudicet Master between we when recesserimus from nobis, )
The pronoun we is inclusive here and includes both Laban and Jacob. Some languages have a dual pronoun that fits here well. Do what is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “to make sure we keep our covenant while we are away from each other.”
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
