Mizpah in Gilead (Genesis)

For other places of this name, see Mizpah (disambiguation).

Mizpah ("watch-tower; the look-out") is a place in Gilead, so named by Laban, who overtook Jacob at this spot (Gen. 31:49) on his return to Israel from Padan-aram. Here Jacob and Laban set up their memorial cairn of stones and a pillar (Massebah) to serve to separate them: both as a boundary landmark and as a witness for their covenant and the protection of Laban's daughters Rachel and Leah.

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