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and when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s army!” So he called the name of that place Mahana′im.[a]

Jacob Sends Presents to Appease Esau

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Se′ir, the country of Edom, instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now;

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:2 Here taken to mean Two armies

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) He instructed them: “This is what you are to say to my lord(G) Esau: ‘Your servant(H) Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban(I) and have remained there till now.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:2 Mahanaim means two camps.