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- Jacob Wrestles in Prayer
3. מחנים _machănāyı̂m_, Machanaim, “two camps.”
22. יבק _yaboq_, Jabboq; related: בקק _bāqaq_ “gush or
gurgle out” or אבק _'ābaq_ in niphal, “wrestle.” Now Wady
Zurka....
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CHAPTER 32 JACOB'S FEAR OF ESAU AND PRAYER AT PENIEL
_ 1. The vision at Mahanaim (Genesis 32:1)_
2. The message to Esau (Genesis 32:3)
3. Esau's coming and Jacob's fear (Genesis 32:6)
4. Jacob's p...
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JACOB TAKES PRECAUTIONS TO APPEASE ESAU.
Genesis 32:3_ a_ seems to be from J, Genesis 32:13 _b_ - Genesis 32:21
from E. Genesis 32
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WILL APPEASE HIM. Hebrew "cover his face", i.e. hide my offence from
him: "face" being put by _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), for himself.
OF ME. Hebrew my face. _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6....
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Jacob's Present to Esau
13. _a present_ Heb. _minḥah_. Cf. Genesis 43:11; Genesis 43:15. See
note on Genesis 4:3. Jacob hopes that a substantial present will turn
away the resentment of his brother....
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_I will appease him_ Lit. "I will cover his face," in the sense of "I
will propitiate." The present will so "cover his face," that Esau
cannot look upon Jacob's offence; cf. Genesis 20:16. LXX renders...
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2. _Jacob's Reconciliation with Esau: The Biblical Account_ (Genesis
32:1 to Genesis 33:17)
1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And
Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's...
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_AND HE LODGED THERE THAT SAME NIGHT; AND TOOK OF THAT WHICH CAME TO
HIS HAND A PRESENT FOR ESAU HIS BROTHER;_
He lodged there that same night. The scarcity of water leads traveling
companies or cara...
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32:20 me. (a-38) Lit. 'lift up my face.'...
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THE APPROACH OF ESAU. JACOB WRESTLES WITH THE ANGEL
1. The angels of God] God had given Jacob, by an angelic vision, a
pledge of His watchful love, when he left his home (Genesis 28:12).
Now that he...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 32
JACOB PREPARES TO MEET ESAU
V1 Jacob continued his journey. God’s *angels met him V2 and Jacob
saw them. He said, ‘This is God’s army!’ So he c...
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Jacob’s servants gave messages to Esau. The messages told Esau that
Jacob was friendly to him. And Esau had enough time to think about
those messages before he met Jacob.
JACOB FIGHTS WITH GOD
V22...
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THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham begat Isaac — The _Tôldôth_ in its original form gave
probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his des...
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I WILL APPEASE HIM. — The Heb. literally is, _he said I will cover
his face with the offering that goeth before my face, and afterwards I
will see his face; peradventure he will lift up my face._ The...
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_[Genesis 32:21]_ וַ אֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם גַּ֗ם
הִנֵּ֛ה עַבְדְּךָ֥...
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JACOB AT PENIEL
Genesis 32:1
"Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you
up." James 4:10
JACOB had a double reason for wishing to leave Padan-aram. He believed
in the promise...
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JACOB WRESTLES AND PREVAILS
Genesis 32:13
There is a fulsomeness in Jacob's address to Esau, which sounds
inconsistent with the noblest manhood and the firmest faith. Why
should he speak of “my lord”...
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This is unquestionably one of the great Chapter s of the Bible, and it
is significant how constant and powerful is its appeal to all who live
on the principle of faith. It gives the account of the thi...
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WRESTLING WITH GOD
As Jacob continued his journey toward home, angels met him. He called
the name of that place Mahanaim, or "two camps" because there were two
armies encamped there, the angels and h...
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And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he
said, I (g) will appease him with the present that goeth before me,
and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept...
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_He said, &c. These words were not to be related to Esau; they are the
words of the sacred historian. There were probably five droves of
goats, sheep, camels, kine and asses; by the successive present...
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Proverbs 21:14
Jabbok, the boundary of the coast of the Ammonites. Joshua 12:2....
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 THROUGH 35.
I have no doubt that in the two wives, as I have said, we have the
Gentiles and Israel: Rachel first loved on the earth, but not
possessed; but...
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AND SAY YE MOREOVER, BEHOLD, THY SERVANT JACOB [IS] BEHIND US,....
This is repeated to impress it upon their minds, that they might be
careful of all things, not to forget that, it being a point of gr...
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_And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he
said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and
afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of...
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1 Iacobs vision at Mahanaim.
3 His message to Esau.
6 He is afraid of Esaus comming.
9 He prayeth for deliuerance.
13 Hee sendeth a present to Esau.
24 He wrestleth with an Angel at Peniel, where...
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And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. It was
the cumulative effect of the atoning presents that Jacob counted on to
make the impression on Esau, the humble mention of the servan...
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The Presents to Esau...
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FIFTH SECTION
_Jacob’s return. His fear of Esau. His night wrestlings with God.
Peniel. The name Israel. Meeting and reconciliation with Esau._
GENESIS 32:3 TO GENESIS 33:16
3And Jacob sent messenge...
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RETURNING TO FACE ESAU
As Jacob continues his journey we are told that the angels of God met
him (v.1). It was not God Himself as yet who met him, but the angels
were no doubt intended as an encourage...
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OF ME:
_ Heb._ my face...
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9-23 Times of fear should be times of prayer: whatever causes fear,
should drive us to our knees, to our God. Jacob had lately seen his
guards of angels, but in this distress he applied to God, not t...
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I WILL APPEASE HIM; Heb. _appease_ or _allay his anger; _ for the
Hebrew word _panim_ signifies both _anger, _ as PSALMS 21:9, PSALMS
34:16, and _face, _ as every where, because a man's _anger_ is mos...
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And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him." Still God's
grace follows him, notwithstanding all. "Nothing changeth God's
affection." Whom He loves, and as He loves, He loves to the end....
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“FOR HE SAID, “I WILL MAKE RECONCILIATION WITH HIM (‘COVER HIS
FACE”) with the present that goes before me (‘goes before my
face'), and afterwards I will see his face. It may be that he will
accept me...
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‘And he delivered them into the hands of his servants, every drove
by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me and put a
space between drove and drove.” And he commanded the foremost,
“W...
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Genesis 32
I. God selects men for His work on earth, not because of their
personal agreeableness, but because of their adaptation to the work
they have to perform.
II. There is something affecting in...
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Genesis 32:1. _And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met
him._
What an encouragement the visit of these angels must have been to
Jacob after the strife which he had had with Laban! But, de...
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Genesis 32:1. _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._
Jacob was about to enter...
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Jacob had just come out of a great trouble. God's gracious
interposition had delivered him out of the hand of the angry Laban,
Laban the churl, who cared for Jacob only for what he could get out of
hi...
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Genesis 32:1. _And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met
him._
When he left the promised land, he had a vision of angels, ascending
and descending upon the ladder, as if to bid him farewel...
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CONTENTS: Jacob becomes Israel. Preparation for meeting Esau.
Wrestling against the angel.
CHARACTERS: Jacob, Esau, angel.
CONCLUSION: Either we lean on God or on our own plans. The
arrangements of...
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Genesis 32:2. _Mahanaim,_ two camps or hosts, or the camp of God; a
city in Gilead, mentioned in Joshua 13:26; Joshua 21:38; denoting that
the angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear hi...
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_A present for Esau._
JACOB’S OFFERING TO ESAU
1. Prudent disposition of presents must follow the preparation of
them.
2. Good servants are fit helps unto good masters for ordering their
affairs....
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 32:1 After separating peacefully from Laban,
Jacob prepares to meet his estranged brother Esau. Jacob is naturally
hesitant about how he will be received some 20 years after fl...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 32:1. The angels of God met him.] “Lit., came, drew near to
him, not precisely that they came from an opposite direction.”
(_Lange._)—
GENESIS 32:2. MAHANAIM.] Heb. Two camps...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 32:1
AND JACOB (after Laban's departure) WENT ON HIS WAY (from Galeed and
Mizpah, in a southerly direction towards the Jabbok), AND THE ANGELS
OF GOD—literally, _the messengers of...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to Genesis chapter thirty-two?
Now in the thirty-first chapter we had the parting of Laban, Jacob's
uncle as he kisses his grandchildren goodbye, as he sets up the stone
an...
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I will appease. Genesis 43:11 1 Samuel 25:17 Job 42:8 Job 42:9
Proverbs 15:18