Genesis 33:1-20
1-16.Jacob and Esau meet peaceably. 17-20. Jacob settles in Canaan.... [ Continue Reading ]
1-16.Jacob and Esau meet peaceably. 17-20. Jacob settles in Canaan.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOWED SEVEN TIMES] in token of submission to Esau.... [ Continue Reading ]
Jacob's prayer (Genesis 32:11) is answered, and Esau, whatever his original purpose, now shows his brother only goodwill and affection.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE SEEN THY FACE, etc.] i.e. I find thee as favourable to me as God is, alluding, no doubt, to the name Peniel (Genesis 32:30).... [ Continue Reading ]
MY BLESSING] RV 'my gift': the present which accompanied expressions of good-will. So Naaman said to Elisha, 'I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant' (2 Kings 5:15). 12-16. Jacob was unwilling to refuse Esau, and yet thought it most prudent to keep apart from his hasty brother. He therefore ma... [ Continue Reading ]
SUCCOTH] 'booths,' S. of the Jabbok and on the E side of Jordan. Succoth and Penuel are mentioned together in Judges 8.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO SHALEM, A CITY OF SHECHEM] RV 'in peace to the city of Shechem.' But there is a village called Salim 3 m. E. of Shechem. Here Jacob settled for some eight or ten years. The well which he dug still exists, though nearly choked with stones, some 1¼m. from Nablous. It was here that Christ conversed... [ Continue Reading ]
PIECES OF MONEY] Heb. _Kesitah,_ probably bars or rings of silver of a certain weight. See on Genesis 23:16, also Job 42:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
EL-ELOHE-ISRAEL] i.e. El (God) is the God of Israel (Jacob's new name).... [ Continue Reading ]