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Verse Genesis 32:32. _THEREFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL EAT NOT OF THE
SINEW_] What this sinew was neither _Jew_ nor _Christian_ can tell;
and it can add nothing either to science, or to a true unders...
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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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_Therefore the children of Israel_ The Compiler adds this note, which
explains the Israelite custom of abstaining from eating the muscle in
an animal, corresponding to the muscle, or sinew, in the thi...
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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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_THEREFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL EAT NOT OF THE SINEW WHICH SHRANK,
WHICH IS UPON THE HOLLOW OF THE THIGH, UNTO THIS DAY: BECAUSE HE
TOUCHED THE HOLLOW OF JACOB'S THIGH IN THE SINEW THAT SHRANK._
Th...
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32:32 joint (c-16) The hollow of the joint....
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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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THE SINEW WHICH SHRANK. — This translation has much authority in its
favour, as the LXX. render _the sinew that became numb,_ and the
Vulgate _the sinew that withered._ More probably, however, it is t...
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_[Genesis 32:33]_ עַל ־כֵּ֡ן לֹֽא ־יֹאכְל֨וּ
בְנֵֽי...
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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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_The sinew in beasts of any kind, corresponding with that part of
Jacob's thigh. (Haydock) --- Some refrain from the whole quarter,
others extract the sinew. This they do, without any command, in memo...
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Perhaps this custom was piously observed by the Israelites, in order
to keep alive the remembrance how prevailing fervent prayer is, as
manifested in this instance of their Great Ancestor.
REFLECTION...
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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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THEREFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL EAT NOT [OF] THE SINEW WHICH
SHRANK,.... Which was contracted by the touch of the angel, and by
which it was weakened and benumbed; or the sinew of the part that was
o...
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Therefore the children of Israel eat not [of] the sinew which shrank,
which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he
touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank....
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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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Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank,
which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he
touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. Thus...
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The Struggle at Peniel...
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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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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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Not from any superstitious conceit about it, but only for a memorial
of this admirable conflict, the blessed effects whereof even the
future generations received....
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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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‘That is why the children of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hip
which is on the hollow of the thigh to this day, because he touched
the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.'
This expl...
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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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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 as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted
upon his thigh_
DEFEATS IN LIFE
I. FROM THE GREAT CONFLICT WITH SIN NONE COME OFF WITHOUT MANY A SCAR.
We may wrestle and prevail,...
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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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eat not. 1 Samuel 5:5...