_THE FRIENDLY MEETING OF JACOB AND ESAU. ESAU AT FIRST REFUSES, BUT,
BEING URGED, ACCEPTS HIS BROTHER'S PRESENT. ESAU RETURNS TO SEIR.
JACOB GOES TO SUCCOTH, AND PURCHASES A FIELD OF THE SONS OF HAMOR...
PART THIRTY-SIX
RECAPITULATION: SURVEY OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGE
From _A Class-Book of Old Testament History,_ pp. 73-76
by G. F. Maclear, D.D.
Published by Macmillan, London, 1881,
now long out of pri...
1:1 God (a-4) Heb. _ Elohim_ , the plural of _ Eloah_ , 'the
Supreme'. It is Deity in the absolute sense. _ Elohim_ will, in the
text, appear only in the name of _ Jehovah Elohim_ ; moreover, when _...
INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 33
In this chapter we find Esau meeting Jacob in a friendly manner,
contrary to his fears and expectation, having set his family in order
in case of the worst, Genesis 33:1; p...
_A.M. 2265. B.C. 1739._
We read in the former chapter, how Jacob had power with God, and
prevailed; here we find what power he had with men too. We have here,
( 1,) _ A friendly meeting between Jacob...
1 The kindnesse of Iacob and Esau at their meeting.
17 Iacob commeth to Succoth.
18 At Salem he buyeth a field, and buildeth an Altar called Elohe
Israel.
1 AND Iacob lifted vp his eyes, and looked...