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Genesis 32:2
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KJ21
And when Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s host.” And he called the name of that place Mahanaim [that is, Two hosts or camps].
ASV
And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
AMP
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp.” So he named that place Mahanaim (double camps).
AMPC
When Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s army! So he named that place Mahanaim [two armies].
BRG
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
CSB
When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp.” So he called that place Mahanaim.
CSBA
When he saw them, Jacob said, ‘This is God’s camp.’ So he called that place Mahanaim.
CEB
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp,” and he named that sacred place Mahanaim.
CJB
Ya‘akov went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
CEV
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God's camp.” So he named the place Mahanaim.
DARBY
And when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
DRA
And when he saw them, he said: These are the camps of God, and he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, Camps.
ERV
When he saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp!” So Jacob named that place Mahanaim.
EASY
When Jacob saw them, he said, ‘This is where God's army has put up their tents!’ So he called that place Mahanaim.
EHV
When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He named that place Mahanaim.
ESV
And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God's camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
ESVUK
And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God's camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
EXB
When he saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim [C sounds like “two camps” in Hebrew; a city in the hill country of Gilead; Josh. 13:26, 30].
GNV
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of the same place Mahanaim.
GW
When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp!” He named that place Mahanaim [Two Camps].
GNT
When he saw them, he said, “This is God's camp”; so he named the place Mahanaim.
HCSB
When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp.” So he called that place Mahanaim.
ICB
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!” So Jacob named that place Mahanaim.
ISV
As he was watching them, Jacob said, “This must be God’s camp,” so he named that place Mahanaim.
JUB
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host; and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
KJV
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
AKJV
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
LSB
Then Jacob said when he saw them, “This is God’s camp.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
LEB
And when he saw them, Jacob said, “This is the camp of God!” And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
TLB
So Jacob and his household started on again. And the angels of God came to meet him. When he saw them he exclaimed, “God lives here!” So he named the place “God’s territory!”
MSG
And Jacob went his way. Angels of God met him. When Jacob saw them he said, “Oh! God’s Camp!” And he named the place Mahanaim (Campground).
MEV
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp.” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
NOG
When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is Elohim’s camp!” He named that place Mahanaim [Two Camps].
NABRE
Meanwhile Jacob continued on his own way, and God’s angels encountered him.
NASB
And when he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
NASB1995
Jacob said when he saw them, “This is God’s camp.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
NCB
As Jacob continued his journey, angels of God appeared to him.
NCV
When he saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.
NET
When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.
NIRV
Jacob saw them. He said, “This is the army of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.
NIV
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.
NIVUK
When Jacob saw them, he said, ‘This is the camp of God!’ So he named that place Mahanaim.
NKJV
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp.” And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
NLV
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he gave the place the name Mahanaim.
NLT
When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, “This is God’s camp!” So he named the place Mahanaim.
NRSVA
and when Jacob saw them he said, ‘This is God’s camp!’ So he called that place Mahanaim.
NRSVACE
and when Jacob saw them he said, ‘This is God’s camp!’ So he called that place Mahanaim.
NRSVCE
and when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called that place Mahanaim.
NRSVUE
when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called that place Mahanaim.
OJB
And when Ya’akov saw them, he said, This is Mahaneh Elohim; and he called the shem of that makom (place) Machanayim.
RGT
And when Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army.” And he called the name of the same place, Mahanaim.
RSV
and when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s army!” So he called the name of that place Mahana′im.
RSVCE
and when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s army!” So he called the name of that place Mahana′im.
TLV
While Jacob left on his way, the angels of God met him.
VOICE
When Jacob saw them, he acknowledged that this was God’s camp, so he named that place Mahanaim, which means “two camps.”
WEB
When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
WYC
And when he had seen them, he said, These be the castles of God (These be the companies of God/This is God’s camp); and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
YLT
and Jacob saith, when he hath seen them, `This [is] the camp of God;' and he calleth the name of that place `Two Camps.'
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