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When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He named that place Mahanaim.[a]

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the region of Edom. He gave them a command. “Tell my lord, Esau, ‘This is what your servant Jacob says: I have lived as an alien with Laban until very recently.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:2 Mahanaim means two camps.