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Genesis 32:2

When he saw them he said, “This is God's camp.” So he called the place Mahanaim, because Mahanaim means “two camps.”

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In The King James Version

And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

In Context

1Jacob also left to go back to his father. As he went on his way some angels met him.

3Jacob sent some men ahead with a message for his older brother Esau. The men met Esau in the country of Edom,

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Matthew Henry on Genesis 32:2-3

Jacob Pursuing His Journey. ( b. c. 1739.) 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Jacob, having got clear of Laban, pursues his journey homewards towards Canaan: when God has helped us through difficulties we should go on our way heaven-ward with so much the more cheerfulness and resolution. Now, 1. Here is Jacob's convoy in his journey ( v. 1 ): The angels of God met him, in a visible… Read the whole commentary →

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