And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God's (A)camp!” So he called the name of that place (B)Mahanaim.[a]

And Jacob sent[b] messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of (C)Seir, 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 Mahanaim means two camps
  2. Genesis 32:3 Or had sent

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