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Meanwhile Jacob continued on his own way, and God’s angels encountered him. When Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s encampment.” So he named that place Mahanaim.[a]

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  1. 32:3 Mahanaim: a town in Gilead (Jos 13:26, 30; 21:38; 2 Sm 2:8; etc.). The Hebrew name means “two camps.” There are other allusions to the name in vv. 8, 11.

When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!”(A) So he named that place Mahanaim.[a](B)

Jacob sent messengers(C) ahead of him to his brother Esau(D) in the land of Seir,(E) the country of Edom.(F)

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  1. Genesis 32:2 Mahanaim means two camps.