Genesis 32:1-2

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Jacob’s Fear of Esau

32 Then as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him [to reassure and protect him]. ²When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp.” So he named that place Mahanaim (^[a]double camps).^(A)

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Footnotes

Genesis 32:2 Jacob may have been referring to the angels as another camp, along with his own, and viewing their presence as evidence of divine protection. This was Jacob’s second encounter with the “angels of God” (28:12).