Bible Location
Meaning: Mizpeh · 6 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Mizpah entry refers to the site in Gilead where Jacob and Laban made their covenant and raised a memorial. It is important as a place of witness, boundary, and solemn agreement in the patriarchal narratives east of the Jordan. First appears in Gen 31:49.1
AI summary: Unlike the Benjaminite Mizpah associated with Samuel and national assembly, this Mizpah belongs to the patriarchal world of Jacob and Laban. It is the place of their meeting, dispute, settlement, and covenant witness, marked by a memorial heap and boundary language. Because of that, its significance is relational and covenantal rather than national or military. The cross references present this Mizpah as a Gileadite landmark of witness, separation, and negotiated peace.1
A place in Gilead, so named by Laban, who overtook Jacob at this spot (Gen. 31:49) on his return to Palestine from Padan-aram. Here Jacob and Laban set up their memorial cairn of stones. It is the same as Ramath-mizpeh (Josh. 13:26). 3
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Gen | |
| Judg | |
| Hos |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.