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When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he gave the place the name Mahanaim.

Jacob sent men to carry news before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. He told them, “Say this to my lord Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says, “I have been living with Laban, and stayed there until now.

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Meanwhile Jacob continued on his own way, and God’s angels encountered him. When Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s encampment.” So he named that place Mahanaim.[a]

Envoys to Esau. Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 32:3 Mahanaim: a town in Gilead (Jos 13:26, 30; 21:38; 2 Sm 2:8; etc.). The Hebrew name means “two camps.” There are other allusions to the name in vv. 8, 11.