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Genesis 32:2-4
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2 When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed,[a] “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.[b]

3 Jacob sent messengers on ahead[c] to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region[d] of Edom. 4 He commanded them, “This is what you must say to my lord Esau: ‘This is what your servant[e] Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now.[f]

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  1. Genesis 32:2 tn Heb “and Jacob said when he saw them.”
  2. Genesis 32:2 sn The name Mahanaim apparently means “two camps.” Perhaps the two camps were those of God and of Jacob.
  3. Genesis 32:3 tn Heb “before him.”
  4. Genesis 32:3 tn Heb “field.”
  5. Genesis 32:4 sn Your servant. The narrative recounts Jacob’s groveling in fear before Esau as he calls his brother his “lord,” as if to minimize what had been done twenty years ago.
  6. Genesis 32:4 tn Heb “Laban and have lingered until now.”
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