...the destruction of Sodom. Angels were sent to protect Jacob from the violence of his brother. " And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host, and he called the name of the place Mahanaim."...

...where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me. — Gen. xxxi. 11—13. And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him : and when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host, &c. And Jacob was left alone, and there wrestled...

...said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kmdred ; and I will be with thee. And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host : and he called the name of that place Ma-ha-na'im....

...shall not have dominion over us, for we are not under the law, but under grace," Rom. vi. 14. " And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them he said, this is God's host : and he called the name of that place Mahanaim....

...this very book of Genesis8, where he relates an apparition of angels to Jacob in these words, " And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God' met him; and when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host." This is farther confirmed from what follows...

...record-stone, High hope pride-stained, the course without the prize. (5. XLVl. XLVII. TAUROMINIUM. And Jacob went on his way, and the Angels of God met him. SAY, hast thou tracked a traveller's round Nor visions met thee there, Thou couldst but marvel to have...

...his daughters, and blessed them : and Laban departed, and returned unto hia place. CHAP. XXXII. ND t by force. 1 1 Wherefore the sin of the young men wa 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim....

...3. EXPOSITION LIX. [Here may lie read chapters Tc-xi-r- xxx. xxxi.] GENESIS xxxii. 1 — 5. 1. And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host : and he called the name of that place Mahanaim....

...expected, was Jacob comforted by God with a vision of heavenly troops commissioned to protect him. " And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim,"...

...people. In the xxxiind chapter of Genesis, we read of the angels meeting of Jacob, at the 1st verse, " Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him ; and when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host ;" they met him then ; why then ? he had a vision...