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 _Elohim, not chance travelers
who informed him of Esau's being in the vicinity (Abarbanel), but
ange... [ Continue Reading ]
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 wrestler or heel-catcher from his
youth (Murphy). The old word נֶאֱבַק, niph. of אָבַק,
unused, a deho... [ Continue Reading ]