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).
Place
Mizpah
- Name means
- Mizpeh, a watch-tower; speculation
- Location
- 32.565°N, 36.006°E
- Mentioned
- 6 verses
About Mizpah
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Nearby
Every mention
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.