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Verse Genesis 32:13. _AND TOOK OF THAT WHICH CAME TO HIS HAND_] הבא
בידו _habba beyado_, which came under his hand, i.e., what, in the
course of God's providence, came under _his power_....
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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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PRESENT. See App-43....
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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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WHICH CAME TO HIS HAND— Not any thing which offered itself by
chance, as this phrase seems to import: for it is very evident, that
the present was selected with great care, and was of the choicest
kin...
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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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32:13 came (g-11) Or 'had come.'...
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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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Jacob chose the gift after he had prayed. That was the right thing to
do. We should pray before we decide. Perhaps God will answer our
prayer by helping us to make the right decision.
Jacob believed...
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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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HE LODGED THERE. — That is, at Mahanaim. On the first news of
Esau’s approach in so hostile a manner, Jacob had divided his
possessions into two main divisions, in the hope of saving at least
one. He...
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_[Genesis 32:14]_ וַ יָּ֥לֶן שָׁ֖ם בַּ †...
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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 he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to
his hand a (f) present for Esau his brother;
(f) Not distrusting God's assistance, but using such means as God had
given him....
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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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13._And took of that which came to his hand_. In endeavoring to
appease his brother by presents, he does not act distrustfully, as if
he doubted whether he should be safe under the protection of God....
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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 HE LODGED THERE THAT SAME NIGHT,.... At Mahanaim, or some place
near it:
AND TOOK OF THAT WHICH CAME TO HIS HAND; not what came next to hand,
for what he did was with great deliberation, judgment...
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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;
Ver. 13. _And took of that which came to his hand, &c._] Or, that was
in his power. Such a...
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_A present for Esau his brother_ As he prays and trusts in God, so he
uses the means; and having piously made God his friend by prayer,
prudently endeavours to make Esau his friend by a present. _Put...
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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 Presents to Esau...
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And he lodged there that same night, he encamped in that place for the
night; AND TOOK OF THAT WHICH CAME TO HIS HAND A PRESENT FOR ESAU, HIS
BROTHER;...
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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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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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Either that which was in his hand and power; or rather, that which was
nearest at hand, and most ready for him, because the approaching
night, and his own great fear, gave him not leave to make so
scr...
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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 32:13 lodged H3885 (H8799) night H3915 took H3947 (H8799) came
H935 (H8802) hand H3027 present...
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‘And he stayed there that night and took from what he had with him a
present for Esau his brother. Two hundred she-goats and twenty
he-goats, two hundred yews and twenty rams, thirty milch camels and...
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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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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 32:9 Jacob prays, because of his fear of
Esau. Because God has prospered him so greatly, Jacob is able to
divide everything that he has into TWO CAMPS. O LORD. Th
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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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which. 1 Samuel 25:8 to his hand. a present. Genesis 32:20 Genesis
32:21 Genesis 18:2...