Genesis 32:2

32:2 When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, ¹  “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim. ² 

Genesis 32:2

32:2 When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, ³  “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim. ⁴ 

Genesis 17:24

17:24 Now Abraham was 99 years old ⁵  when he was circumcised; ⁶ 

Genesis 19:32

19:32 Come, let’s make our father drunk with wine ⁷  so we can have sexual relations ⁸  with him and preserve ⁹  our family line through our father.” ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “and Jacob said when he saw them.”

² sn The name Mahanaim apparently means “two camps.” Perhaps the two camps were those of God and of Jacob.

³ tn Heb “and Jacob said when he saw them.”

⁴ sn The name Mahanaim apparently means “two camps.” Perhaps the two camps were those of God and of Jacob.

⁵ tn Heb “the son of ninety-nine years.”

⁶ tn Heb “circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin” (also in v. 25).

⁷ tn Heb “drink wine.”

⁸ tn Heb “and we will lie down.” The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive is subordinated to the preceding cohortative and indicates purpose/result.

⁹ tn Or “that we may preserve.” Here the cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates their ultimate goal.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and we will keep alive from our father descendants.”