Genesis 32:2
And when Iacob sawe them he sayde: this is godes hoost: and called the name of that same place Mahanaim.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
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
1But Iacob went forth on his iourney. And the angells of God came and mett him.
3Iacob sente meessengers before him to Esau his brother vnto the lande of Seir and the felde of Edom.
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 →