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 2:8

2:8 The Lord God planted an orchard ⁵  in the east, ⁶  in Eden; ⁷  and there he placed the man he had formed. ⁸ 

Genesis 17:24

17:24 Now Abraham was 99 years old ⁹  when he was circumcised; ¹⁰ 

Genesis 17:27

17:27 All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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 Traditionally “garden,” but the subsequent description of this “garden” makes it clear that it is an orchard of fruit trees.

⁶ tn Heb “from the east” or “off east.”

⁷ sn The name Eden (עֵדֶן, ’eden) means “pleasure” in Hebrew.

⁸ tn The perfect verbal form here requires the past perfect translation since it describes an event that preceded the event described in the main clause.

⁹ tn Heb “the son of ninety-nine years.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin” (also in v. 25).