And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
WEB
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
YLT
and Jacob saith, when he hath seen them, `This is the camp of God;' and he calleth the name of that place `Two Camps.'
DBT
And when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp ofGod. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)