Biblical place
Where was Mizpah?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jel‘ad.
First appears in Genesis 31:47 · 1 books · 1 chapters
Overview
Or Miz’peh, watch-tower; the look-out. (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. Modern identification: Jel‘ad.
Mizpah is represented in the local geography layer as Jel‘ad. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 31:47 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.
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Where it sits on the map
How to get to Mizpah today
Travel to Mizpah, the modern-day Jel‘ad.
Mizpah is commonly identified with Jel‘ad, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.
Mizpah is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.
This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.
Key passages
Appears in
1 chapter · 3 verse mentions