KJV King James Version
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
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Genesis 32:2
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
WEB World English Bible
When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Jacob saith, when he hath seen them, ‘This is the camp of God;’ and he calleth the name of that place ‘Two Camps.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 32
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.
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיַעֲקֹב֙H3290 · ya.a.qovJacobכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichרָאָ֔םH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeמַחֲנֵ֥הH4264 · ma.cha.nehcampאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodזֶ֑הH2088 · zehthisוַיִּקְרָ֛אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשֵֽׁם־H8034 · shemnameהַמָּק֥וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceהַה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itמַֽחֲנָֽיִם׃ פH4266 · ma.cha.na.yimMahanaim
Cross-references
2 Samuel 2:8But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;Joshua 21:38And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,Joshua 5:14And he said, Nay; but [as] captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?2 Samuel 17:24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.Psalm 148:2Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.Psalm 34:7The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.Luke 2:13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,1 Kings 2:8And, behold, [thou hast] with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.Song of Solomon 6:13Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.Daniel 10:20Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.2 Samuel 2:12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.2 Samuel 17:26-27So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.1 Kings 4:14Ahinadab the son of Iddo [had] Mahanaim:Psalm 103:21Bless ye the LORD, all [ye] his hosts; [ye] ministers of his, that do his pleasure.2 Kings 6:17And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain [was] full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
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