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 

[32:2]  ¹ tn Heb “and Jacob said when he saw them.”

[32:2]  ² sn The name Mahanaim apparently means “two camps.” Perhaps the two camps were those of God and of Jacob.

[32:2]  ³ tn Heb “and Jacob said when he saw them.”

[32:2]  ⁴ sn The name Mahanaim apparently means “two camps.” Perhaps the two camps were those of God and of Jacob.

[17:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “the son of ninety-nine years.”

[17:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin” (also in v. 25).

[19:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “drink wine.”

[19:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “and we will lie down.” The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive is subordinated to the preceding cohortative and indicates purpose/result.

[19:32]  ⁹ tn Or “that we may preserve.” Here the cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates their ultimate goal.

[19:32]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and we will keep alive from our father descendants.”