Genesis 32:3
And when Jakob saw them, he said, This is a host from before the Lord; and he called the name of the place Mahanaim.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
In Context
2And Jakob went on his way, and the angels of the Lord met him.
4And Jakob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, in the region of Edom;
Cross References
Genesis 25:30And Esau said to Jakob, Let me taste now of that red, that red! For I am faint: (therefore he called his name Edom:)
Genesis 33:14Let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will lead on quietly, according to the foot of the little ones, according to the foot of the work that is before me, and according to the foot of the sucklings, until I come to my lord at Seir.
Genesis 36:6And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his flocks, and all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gotten in the land of Kenaan, and went into another land from before Jakob his brother;
Deuteronomy 2:22As did the sons of Esau who dwelt in Seir, when He destroyed the Horaee from before them, and drave them out, and they have dwelt in their places unto this day.
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 →