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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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THE WRESTLING OF JACOB. The narrative, for which Hosea 12:3 should be
compared. is distributed between J and E by recent critics. Gunkel
attributes Genesis 32:23_ a_, Genesis 32:25_ a_,...
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JACOB CALLED THE NAME OF THE PLACE PENIEL.
The word Peniel means "the face of God." Jacob, conscious of the
divine blessing, thought that he had looked upon the divine face,.
mistake on his part we s...
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_Peniel_ R.V. marg. _The face of God_. In the Sam. version, Syr., and
Lat., it is called "Penuel," as in Genesis 32:32. Popular tradition
explained the etymology of the name of the place by the story...
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Jacob's Wrestling with the Angel
This passage forms the climax of Jacob's history. It records the
occasion on which his name is changed to Israel, and describes his
personal meeting with the Divine B...
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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 JACOB WAS LEFT ALONE; AND THERE WRESTLED A MAN WITH HIM UNTIL THE
BREAKING OF THE DAY._
There wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day - an
unknown person appeared suddenly to oppos...
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32:30 Peniel (g-9) Face of God....
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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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‘Peniel’ and ‘Penuel’ are both names of the same place. They
both mean ‘God’s face’.
‘Penuel’ became the usual name of that place but its meaning is
not quite clear. The meaning of ‘Peniel’ is clear,...
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God had appeared as a man. See the comment about verse 24. Many Bible
students believe that it was Jesus who met Jacob....
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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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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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PENIEL. — Elsewhere _Penuel,_ and so probably it should be read
here. It means, “the face of God.” For the rest of the verse see
Note on Genesis 16:13....
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_[Genesis 32:31]_ וַ יִּקְרָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב שֵׁ֥ם
הַ...
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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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_Phanuel. This word signifies the face of God, or the sight, or seeing
of God. (Challoner) --- Hebrew reads here Peni-el, though it has
Phanuel in the next verse. Jacob thus returns thanks to God for...
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Peniel means the face of God...
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The disjointed thigh testified what the Lord could have done. Sweet is
it to have divine strength perfected in human weakness. What was
Paul's experience but this, when carrying about with him in his...
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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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30._And Jacob called the name of the place _(110) The gratitude of our
father Jacob is again commended, because he took diligent care that
the memory of God’s grace should never perish. He therefore l...
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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 JACOB CALLED THE NAME OF THE PLACE PENIEL,.... In
Genesis 32:31; Penuel, which signifies the face of God, or God hath
looked upon me, or hath had respect to me: there was afterwards a city
built...
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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God
face to face, and my life is preserved.
Ver. 30. _I have seen God face to face._] Christ would not tell Jacob
his name, to lift up h...
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_Wherefore dost thou ask after my name?_ Canst thou be at any loss to
know who I am? The discovery of that was reserved for his death-bed,
upon which he was taught to call him _Shiloh._ But instead 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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The Struggle at Peniel...
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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel (face of God); FOR I
HAVE SEEN GOD FACE TO FACE, AND MY LIFE IS PRESERVED. So it was not
only a bodily struggle, but a spiritual wrestling as well which J...
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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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PENIEL:
that is, The face of God...
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24-32 A great while before day, Jacob being alone, more fully spread
his fears before God in prayer. While thus employed, One in the
likeness of a man wrestled with him. When the spirit helpeth our
i...
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I HAVE SEEN GOD FACE TO FACE; not in his essence, for so _no man ever
saw God,_ 1 THESSALONIANS 1:18, nor yet in a dream or vision, but in a
most evident, sensible, familiar, and friendly manifestatio...
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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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Genesis 32:30 Jacob H3290 called H7121 (H8799) name H8034 place H4725
Peniel H6439 seen H7200 (H8804) God...
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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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We shall read three short portions of Scripture, all illustrative of
the great truth that God has sometimes given grace to his people to
overcome himself, the Almighty has condescended to be vanquishe...
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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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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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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 32:30 JACOB CALLED THE NAME OF THE PLACE
PENIEL. “Peniel” means “face of God.” Jacob’s encounter with
God fills him with awe. When later Moses asks to see God’s glory, he
is to...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 32:22 This passage records a nighttime
encounter between God and Jacob. Jacob is transformed by this
extraordinary meeting, and his name is changed from “Jacob” to
“Israel.”...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 32:24. Wrestled.] The Heb. word only occurs in this place. It
seems to be derived from a word signifying “dust,” and the
allusion is probably to the dust excited by the combat...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 32:24
AND JACOB WAS LEFT ALONE (probably on the north bank of the Jabbok;
but _vide_ on Genesis 32:23); AND THERE WRESTLED—thus assaulting in
his strong point one who had been a wr...
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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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Jacob. Genesis 32:31 Penuel. Genesis 28:19 Judges 8:8 Judges 8:17 1
Kings 12:2
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Peniel — That is, the face of God, because there he had seen the
appearance of God, and obtained the favour of God....
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Can God’s face be seen?
PROBLEM: God declared to Moses, “No man shall see Me, and live”
(Exodus 33:20, see comments on John 1:18). Moses was allowed only to
see God’s “back” (Exodus 33:23). Yet the Bi...