OET-RV by cross-referenced section GEN 32:1

The OET Readers’ Version is designed to be read alongside the Literal Version. Expand the matching Literal Version beneath each passage. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.

Ya’akov encounters God’s messengers

Gen 32:1–2

32:1 Ya’akov encounters God’s messengers

32 Then Ya’akov (Jacob) continued on his way with his family and flocks, and some of God’s messengers met him 2 and when he saw them, Ya’akov said, “This must be God’s army camp.” So he named that place ‘Mahanayim’ (which means ‘two camps’).

Show matching OET Literal Version passage

Read the Literal Version in context

2 [fn] And_Yaˊₐqoⱱ he _went to_way _of_his and_they _met in_him/it the _messengers _of god.

3 [fn] And_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ _he/it _said just_as he_saw _them is_the _camp _of god this and_he/it _called the _name _of the _place (the)_that Maḩₐnāyim.

32:2 Note: KJB: Gen.32.1

32:3 Note: KJB: Gen.32.2