Bible verse
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
Genesis 32:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 32.
1 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4 He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.
5 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
KJV
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
ASV
And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
ERV
And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
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