_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 32:1_ JACOB’S VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE WORLD I. Jacob’s visible world. He had just escaped the persecutions of his father-in-law, and was now expecting to meet with a fiercer enemy in his brother. All was dread and anxiety. He is scarcely delivered from one... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Probably alluding to the meeting of his own encampment with that of God. But some contend that th... [ Continue Reading ]
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 combatants in wrestling. A MAN. In Hosea 12:4, the _man_ who wrestled with Jacob is called _the angel,_ a... [ Continue Reading ]