|Overview - Genesis 32|
|1||Jacob's vision at Mahanaim.|
|3||His message to Esau.|
|6||He is afraid of Esau's coming.|
|9||He prays for deliverance.|
|13||He sends a present to Esau, and passes the brook Jabbok.|
|24||He wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel.|
Genesis 32:2 (King James Version)
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
- Joshua 5:14 ; 2 Kings 6:17 ; Psalms 34:7 ; 103:21 148:2 Daniel 10:20 ; Luke 2:13
- the name
- Joshua 21:38 ; 2 Samuel 2:8 2 Samuel 2:12 ; 2 Samuel 17:24 2 Samuel 17:26 2 Samuel 17:27 1 Kings 2:8 ; 4:14
- i.e., two hosts, or camps.
- Solomon 6:13
- Mahanaim was situated between Gilead and the river Jabbok, near the present Djezan.