Genesis 32:2 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 32:2

When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(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.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Mahanaim - The two hosts, if read by the points, the angels forming one, and Jacob and his company forming another; or simply hosts or camps in the plural. There was a city built afterwards here, and inhabited by the priests of God, Jos 21:38. For what purpose the angels of God met Jacob, does not appear from the text; probably it was intended to show him that he and his company were under the care of an especial providence, and consequently to confirm his trust and confidence in God.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יַעֲקֹב֙	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka.'a.Sher	just when	H834 →
רָאָ֔ם	ra.'Am	he saw them	H7200 →
מַחֲנֵ֥ה	ma.cha.Neh	[is] [the] camp of	H4264 →
אֱלֹהִ֖ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
זֶ֑ה	Zeh	this	H2088 →
וַיִּקְרָ֛א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he called	H7121 →
שֵֽׁם־	shem-	[the] name of	H8034 →
הַמָּק֥וֹם	ha.ma.Kom	the place	H4725 →
הַה֖וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
מַֽחֲנָֽיִם׃ פ	Ma.cha.Na.yim	Mahanaim	H4266 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 34:7
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
leads to
- Psalms 91:11
  For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
- Daniel 6:22
  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…
- Hebrews 1:14
  Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- 2 Kings 19:35
  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…
- 2 Kings 6:17
  Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and…
Through
Joshua 5:14
“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”
leads to
- Isaiah 55:4
  Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
- Genesis 17:3
  Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
- Exodus 23:20–22
  Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.