Bible Location

Mizpah

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

Place meaning

Mizpeh

Coordinates

32.57, 36.01

First appears

Gen 31:49

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

Place meaning

Mizpeh

Latitude

32.57

Longitude

36.01

Bible references

6