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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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_And the sun rose_ See Genesis 32:24.
_Penuel_ The name of a town in Judges 8:8; 1 Kings 12:25. The site is
doubtful, but was evidently not far from the confluence of the Jabbok
and the Jordan....
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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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HE HALTED UPON HIS THIGH, &C.— Some think that he continued to do so
all his life after; others, that his lameness continued only for a
time: the latter seems the most probable. However, to preserve t...
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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 AS HE PASSED OVER PENUEL THE SUN ROSE UPON HIM, AND HE HALTED
UPON HIS THIGH._
Halted upon his thigh. Since Paul had a thorn in the flesh given to
humble him, lest he should be too elevated by t...
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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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‘Peniel’ and ‘Penuel’ are both names of the same place. They
both mean ‘God’s face’.
‘Penuel’ became the usual name of that place but its meaning is
not quite clear. The meaning of ‘Peniel’ is clear,...
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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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AS HE PASSED OVER PEMIEL. — Rather, _as he passed Penuel._ It was
the place where he had wrestled, and as soon as the angel left him he
proceeded onwards to rejoin his wives. It appears, from what is...
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_[Genesis 32:32]_ וַ יִּֽזְרַֽח ־לֹ֣ו הַ
שֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ...
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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 as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he (l) halted
upon his thigh.
(l) The faithful to overcome their temptations, so that they feel the
pain of it, so they would not boast, except...
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_Halted, or was lame. Alulensis thinks the angel healed him very soon.
(Menochius)_...
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The disjointed thigh testified what the Lord could have done. Sweet is
it to have divine strength perfected in human weakness. What was
Paul's experience but this, when carrying about with him in his...
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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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_LIFE’S SUNRISE_
‘And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted
upon his thigh.’
Genesis 32:31
I. FROM THE GREAT CONFLICT WITH SIN NONE COME OFF WITHOUT MANY A
SCAR. We may wres...
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31._And he halted upon his thigh_. It is probable, and it may be
gathered even from the words of Moses, that this halting was without
the sense of pain, in order that the miracle might be the more
evi...
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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 AS HE PASSED OVER PENUEL THE SUN ROSE UPON HIM,.... It was break
of day when the angel desired to be let go, and by that time the
parley held between them ceased, and they parted, the sun was risi...
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And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon
his thigh.
Ver. 31. _He halted upon his thigh._] Yet had the blessing. So God's
people are promised a hundredfold here, with per...
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Gen. 32:31. Jacob goes away with a blessing, but yet halting on his
thigh. God commonly, when He bestows some extraordinary spiritual
blessing and peculiar favor, also at the same time brings some
tem...
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_He halted on his thigh_ And many think he continued to do so to his
dying day. If he did he had no reason to complain, for the honour and
comfort he obtained by his struggle were abundantly sufficien...
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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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And as he passed over Penuel, the sun rose upon him, and he halted
upon his thigh. Just as he passed over and away from the place of the
night's wrestling, the sun rose upon him, and with its rising t...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 32:31 over H5674 (H8804) Penuel H6439 sun H8121 rose H2224
(H8799) limped H6760 (H8802) hip...
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‘And the sun rose on him as he passed over Penuel and he limped
because of his thigh.'
“THE SUN ROSE ON HIM.” This may well be intended to reflect more
than the weather. He had come from night into s...
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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 32:31
I. From the great conflict with sin none come off without many a scar.
We may wrestle and prevail, but there will be touches of the enemy,
which will leave their long and bitter memorie...
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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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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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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 32:31 PENUEL is a variant spelling of
“Peniel.”
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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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rose upon. Genesis 19:15 Genesis 19:23 Malachi 4:2 he halted. Genesis
32:25...
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He halted on his thigh — And some think he continued to do so to his
dying day. If he did, he had no reason to complain, for the honour and
comfort he obtained by his struggle was abundantly sufficien...