2When he saw them, Jacob said, |This is God's army.| He called the name of that place Mahanaim.


In Context

1 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

2 When he saw them, Jacob said, |This is God's army.| He called the name of that place Mahanaim.

3 Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

4 He commanded them, saying, |This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: 'This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.

Genesis 32:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:2And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

32:2When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is the camp of God!" So he named that place Mahanaim.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

32:2And when he saw them, he said: These are the camps of God, and he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, Camps.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

32:2And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:2And when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

32:2And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:2And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

32:2and Jacob saith, when he hath seen them, 'This is the camp of God;' and he calleth the name of that place 'Two Camps.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:2And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.