Genesis 32:1
Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
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ASV
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
KJV
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
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Psalms 91:11For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
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Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
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For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully;
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
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Psalms 34:7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
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For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O…
And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the…
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Hebrews 1:4So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.
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far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
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(Chapter XXXII.—Verse 1 and 2.) And the angels of God met him, and when Jacob saw them, he said: These are the camps of God, and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Where these camps were placed, in Hebrew it means Mahanaim (); so that we may know, if it is ever mentioned in another place without interpretation, what place it signifies. And beautifully, as he goes to meet his enemy brother, he is received by choirs of accompanying angels.
Note, Those that keep in a good way have always a good guard; angels themselves are ministering spirits for their safety, Heb. i. Where Jacob pitched his tents, they pitched theirs about him, Ps. xxxiv. They met him, to bid him welcome to Canaan again; a more honourable reception this was than ever any prince had, that was met by the magistrates of a city in their formalities.
