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Genesis 32:2

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

KJV

Quos cum vidisset, ait : Castra Dei sunt hæc : et appellavit nomen loci illius Mahanaim, id est, Castra.

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ Ἰακώβ, ἡνίκα ἴδεν αὐτούς, Παρεμβολὴ θεοῦ αὕτη· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου Παρεμβολαί.

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/יַעֲקֹ֖ב הָלַ֣ךְ לְ/דַרְכּ֑/וֹ וַ/יִּפְגְּעוּ ב֖/וֹ מַלְאֲכֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JacobJacob
Places Mahanaim

In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יִּפְגַּע
ypg'
verb · 46×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מַלְאַ֣ךְ
ml'k
noun · 212×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 6:80 — And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
  • 1Chr 12:22 — For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
  • 1Kgs 2:8 — And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I
  • 2Chr 18:18 — Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
  • 2Sam 2:1 — And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he
  • 2Sam 2:8 — But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
  • 2Sam 2:8 — But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
  • 2Sam 17:24 — Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
  • 2Sam 17:24 — Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
  • Josh 5:14 — And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
  • Josh 21:38 — And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
  • Josh 21:38 — And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
  • Luke 2:13 — And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
  • Ps 34:7 — The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
  • Ps 103:21 — Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
  • Ps 148:2 — Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
  • Song 6:13 — Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.