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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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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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_THEN JACOB WAS GREATLY AFRAID AND DISTRESSED: AND HE DIVIDED THE
PEOPLE THAT WAS WITH HIM, AND THE FLOCKS, AND HERDS, AND THE CAMELS,
INTO TWO BANDS;_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES....
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32:8 escape. (d-22) Lit. 'be for escape.'...
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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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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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_[Genesis 32:9]_ וַ יֹּ֕אמֶר אִם ־יָבֹ֥וא
עֵשָׂ֛ו...
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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 FEARS TO MEET ESAU
Genesis 32:1
Before we encounter our Esaus we are sure to meet God's angels. If
only our eyes are not holden we shall perceive them. The world is full
of angel help! There ar...
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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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Observe, the refuge of the saints! Where shall a child in his distress
go, but to his father? And where shall the exercised believer flee,
but to his God in Christ?...
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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 SAID, IF ESAU COME TO THE ONE COMPANY, AND SMITE IT,.... The
first, which perhaps consisted only of some servants, with a part of
his cattle; so that if Esau should come in an hostile manner, and...
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_And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the
other company which is left shall escape._
Ver. 8. _If Esau come, &c._] It is a point of prudence, if we cannot
keep all, to save wh...
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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 said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the
other company which is left shall escape. This division of the entire
caravan into two companies was a precaution intended to save at...
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The Messengers 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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1-8 The angels of God appeared to Jacob, to encourage him with the
assurance of the Divine protection. When God designs his people for
great trials, he prepares them by great comforts. While Jacob, t...
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Either by flight, or because he supposed Esau's revenge would be
satisfied with the first slaughter....
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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 32:8 said H559 (H8799) Esau H6215 comes H935 (H8799) one H259
company H4264 attacks H5221 ...
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‘Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. And he divided
the people that were with him, and the flocks and the herds and the
camels, into two companies. And he said, “If Esau comes to the one...
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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._
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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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. 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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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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_And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother._
THE ALARM
I. We will consider, in the first place, THE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
WHICH JACOB ADOPTED. In the first instance, as soon as he he...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 32:7 TWO CAMPS. Jacob’s actions, while
understandable, show that he is still unable to trust God fully for
protection.
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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...