Genesis 32:2

Overview - Genesis 32
Jacob's vision at Mahanaim.
His message to Esau.
He is afraid of Esau's coming.
He prays for deliverance.
13 He sends a present to Esau, and passes the brook Jabbok.
24 He wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel.
31 He halts.
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Genesis 32:2  (King James Version)
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
 


God's
Joshua 5:14 ; 2 Kings 6:17 ; Psalms 34:7 ; 103:21 148:2 Daniel 10:20 ; Luke 2:13

the name
Joshua 21:38 ; 2 Samuel 2:8 2 Samuel 2:12 ; 2 Samuel 17:24 2 Samuel 17:26 2 Samuel 17:27 1 Kings 2:8 ; 4:14

Mahanain
i.e., two hosts, or camps.
Solomon 6:13
Mahanaim was situated between Gilead and the river Jabbok, near the present Djezan.