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Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau

32 [a]As Jacob went on his way, angels from God met him. As he was watching them, Jacob said, “This must be God’s camp,” so he named that place Mahanaim.[b]

Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of him into the land of Seir (that is, into the territory of Edom) to meet his brother Esau.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:1 This v. is 32:2 in MT, and so through v. 33
  2. Genesis 32:2 The Heb. name Mahanaim means two camps