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ULT And when he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
UST When Jacob saw the angels, he exclaimed, “This is God’s army!” So he named that place Mahanaim, which means “two armies.”
BSB When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.[fn]
RV And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
WBS And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
KJB And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.[fn] (And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.)
BB And when Iacob saw them, he sayde: this is gods hoste, & called the name of the same place, Mahanaim. (And when Yacob saw them, he said: this is gods hoste, and called the name of the same place, Mahanaim.)
GNV And when Iaakob saw them, he said, This is Gods hoste, and called the name of the same place Mahanaim. (And when Yacob saw them, he said, This is Gods hoste, and called the name of the same place Mahanaim. )
CB And whan he sawe them, he sayde: It is Gods hoost, & called the same place Mahanaim. (And when he saw them, he said: It is Gods hoost, and called the same place Mahanaim.)
WYC And whanne he hadde seyn hem, he seide, These ben the castels of God; and he clepide the name of that place Manaym, that is, castels. (And when he had seen them, he said, These been the castles of God; and he called the name of that place Manaym, that is, castles.)
LUT Jakob aber zog seinen Weg; und es begegneten ihm die Engel Gottes. (Yakob but pulled his Weg; and it begegneten him the angel God’s.)
CLV Quos cum vidisset, ait: Castra Dei sunt hæc: et appellavit nomen loci illius Mahanaim, id est, Castra.[fn] (Quos when/with vidisset, ait: Castra God are hæc: and he_called nomen loci illius Mahanaim, id it_is, Castra.)
32.2Castra Dei sunt hæc. Ubi castra posita sunt, in Hebræo mahanaim; ut sciamus, si quando interpretatum in alio loco ponitur, quem locum significet. Et pulchre ad fratrem inimicum iturus, angelorum comitantium eum choris excipitur.
32.2Castra God are hæc. Ubi castra posita are, in Hebræo mahanaim; as sciamus, when/but_if when interpretatum in alio instead putsur, which place significet. And pulchre to brother inimicum iturus, angelorum comitantium him choris excipitur.
BRN And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the [fn]host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.
32:2This is God’s camp! Jacob must have seen the angels that revealed God’s presence as a sign of protection, as with the earlier vision when he was departing the land (28:10-22). • Mahanaim (“two camps”): Jacob’s company and the company of angels were together in one place.
(Some words not found in UHB: and,Jacob went on,way,his and,met in=him/it angels ʼₑlhīmv )
Make sure that you refer to Jacob and the angels here in a way that is accurate and natural in your language. Alternate translation: “When Jacob saw the angels, he said in surprise,”
(Some words not found in UHB: and,Jacob went on,way,his and,met in=him/it angels ʼₑlhīmv )
If you include the meaning of the name Mahanaim in your translation or in a footnote, be sure it matches the way you translated God’s camp earlier in the verse so that it is clear why Jacob gave the place that name. Also see how you translated he called the name of that place in Gen 28:19.
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
