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As he was watching them, Jacob said, “This must be God’s camp,” so he named that place Mahanaim.[a]

Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of him into the land of Seir (that is, into the territory of Edom) to meet his brother Esau. He instructed them, “This is what you are to say to my master Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob told me to tell you, “I’ve journeyed to stay with Laban and I’ve remained there until now.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:2 The Heb. name Mahanaim means two camps