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When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God`s host." He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
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Mahanaim: The Two Camps
Commentators explain that Jacob named the place "Mahanaim," which means "two camps" or "two hosts." This likely referred to his own camp alongside the camp of God's angels, or perhaps two divisions of angels protecting him from both the front and rear. This act of naming commemorated the visible assurance of God's protective presence.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Genesis 32:3: מחנים machănāyı̂m — Machanaim, “two camps.”
Genesis 32:22: יבק yaboq
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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Baptist
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when Jacob saw them These appeared in a visible form, most probably human, and in the habit, and with the accout…
The angels of God appeared to Jacob, to encourage him with the assurance of Divine protection. When God designs his people for great trials, he pre…
