Genesis 32:2
And Ya'akov went on his derech, and the malachim of Elohim met him.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
Cross References
Joshua 5:14And he said, Lo (no); but as Sar Tze'va Hashem am I now come. And Yehoshua fell on his face to the ground, and did prostrate himself, and said unto him, What saith Adoni unto his eved?
2 Samuel 2:8But Avner ben Ner, Sar Tzava of Sha'ul, took Ish-Boshet Ben Sha'ul, and brought him over to Machanayim;
2 Samuel 17:24Then Dovid came to Machanayim. And Avshalom passed over Yarden, he and all the Ish Yisroel with him.
1 Kings 2:8And, hinei, thou hast with thee Shime'i Ben Gera the Ben-HaYemini of Bachurim, which cursed me with a kelalah (curse) nimretzet (grievous, strong) on the day when I went to Machanayim; but he came down to meet me at Yarden, and I swore a shevu'ah to him by Hashem, saying, I will not put thee to death with the cherev.
2 Kings 6:17And Elishah davened, and said, Hashem, now, open his eyes, that he may see. And Hashem opened the eyes of the na'ar and he saw; and, hinei, the har was full of susim and merkavot of eish all around Elishah.
Psalms 103:21Barachu Hashem, all ye His Tzivos; 1 ye mesharetim (ministers) of His, that do His ratzon (will). 1
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 →