Genesis 32:2 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² When Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's army! So he named that place Mahanaim [two armies]. [Gen. 32:7, 10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

Common English Bible

² When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp,” and he named that sacred place Mahanaim.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² When he had seen them, he said, "These are the Encampments of God." And he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, 'Encampments.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And when he saw them, he said: These are the camps of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, Camps.

English Standard Version 2016

² And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

Genesis 32:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:24

Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

2 Samuel 2:12

And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:8

But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

1 Kings 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 sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

1 Kings 4:14

Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:

2 Kings 6:17

And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

1 Chronicles 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.

Psalm 103:21

Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

Psalm 148:2

Praise ye him, all his angels: Praise ye him, all his hosts.

Psalm 24:10

Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

Psalm 34:7

The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.

Song of Solomon 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.

Daniel 10:20

Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

Luke 2:13

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Joshua 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,

Joshua 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?