<P> Mizpah (מִצְפָּה) is Hebrew for "watchtower ." As mentioned in the Bible story of Jacob and Laban, making a pile of stones marked an agreement between two people, with God as their watching witness . </P> <P> Jacob had secretly fled the house of Laban, his father - in - law, in the middle of the night, taking flocks of animals, all his other assets, and his two wives and their children (the daughters and grandchildren of Laban) with him, intending never to return . Laban discovered this and pursued Jacob . After discussion, the two decided to formalize the separation . </P>

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