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Genesis 33:19

Observe: though Jacob by God's blessing was the proprietor in right of inheritance, yet not an inch of the land of Canaan had he in possession. Acts 7:5.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 33:19. _FOR A HUNDRED PIECES OF MONEY._] The original, במאה קשיטה _bemeah kesitah_, has been a matter of long and learned discussion among critics. As _kesitah_ signifies a lamb, it may...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - Jacob and Esau Meet 17. סכת _sûkkôth_, Sukkoth, “booths,” consisting of poles forming a roof covered with branches, leaves, or grass. 19. חמור _chămôr_ Chamor, “ass, red, heap.” קשׂיטה _q__e__s...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 33 THE RECONCILIATION OF ESAU _ 1. Jacob meets Esau (Genesis 33:1)_ 2. In the city of Shechem and the altar erected (Genesis 33:18) The reconciliation is effected, but Jacob is the same man...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GENESIS 33. THE RECONCILIATION OF JACOB AND ESAU. Genesis 33:1 is in the main from J, but bits of E have been woven in (Genesis 33:5_ b_, Genesis 33:10_ b_,...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the parcel of ground_ or "the portion of the field." Lat. _partem agri_. For "parcel," Fr. "parcelle," from Lat. _particula_, see Joshua 24:32; Ruth 4:3. Cf. "Many a thousand, Which now mistrust no p...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jacob at Shechem 18. _in peace_ R.V. marg. _to Shalem, a city of_. The rendering in the margin is possible. It is supported by LXX and Vulg. There is a village, _Salim_, still to be found near Sheche...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AN HUNDRED PIECES OF MONEY— Or, _lambs._ There was a coin in those days, which was afterwards used among the Jews, called by the name of its print, which was a _lamb._...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE BOUGHT A PARCEL OF A FIELD, WHERE HE HAD SPREAD HIS TENT, AT THE HAND OF THE CHILDREN OF HAMOR, SHECHEM'S FATHER, FOR AN HUNDRED PIECES OF MONEY._ He bought a parcel of a field, ... х_ CHELQA...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    33:19 portion (d-5) Or 'allotment.' kesitahs. (e-28) Kesitah, a weight of precious metal. Supposed value about four shekels....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-16.Jacob and Esau meet peaceably. 17-20. Jacob settles in Canaan....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PIECES OF MONEY] Heb. _Kesitah,_ probably bars or rings of silver of a certain weight. See on Genesis 23:16, also Job 42:11....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ‘Shechem’ is the name of a city and it is a man’s name. In verse 18, it is the name of a city, but in verse 19 it is a man’s name....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 33 ESAU AND JACOB MEET V1 Jacob saw that Esau approached. And 400 men came with him. So Jacob divided the children into 4 groups. Leah and Rachel...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HE BOUGHT... — Abraham had been obliged to buy land for a burial-place, and we find even then that the field he wanted had an owner who could give him a title to its possession. Jacob a century later...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּ֜קֶן אֶת ־חֶלְקַ֣ת הַ שָּׂדֶ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JACOB WITH THE SHECHEMITES Genesis 33:18; Genesis 34:1 Jacob was tempted by the fat pastures of Shechem, without thought or care of the character of its people, and he lived to bitterly rue his choic...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The morning broke and Jacob-or Israel as he had now become- went forward to meet Esau. How strange a mixture there was in the make-up of this man is once more clearly evident. It is patent that fear o...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    THE REUNION WITH ESAU When Jacob saw Esau coming, he divided his family into three groups. The maidservants formed a group with their children, Leah formed one with hers and Rachel brought up the rear...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Lambs. Hebrew, Kossite, or Kesita, a word which occurs also, Josue xxvi. 32, and Job xlii. 11; and may signify lambs, or a species of money, marked perhaps with their figure. It may also denote pearls...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE BOUGHT A PARCEL OF A FIELD,.... Not the whole, but a part of it; this he did, though he was heir of the whole country, because, as yet, the time was not come for him or his to take possession o...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. Ver. 19. _For an hundred pieces of money._] He...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, for an hundred pieces of money. Jacob, trusting in the promises of the Lord and preparing for an...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Jacob Returns to Canaan...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    SIXTH SECTION _Jacobs settlement in Canaan. At Succoth. At Shechem. Dinah. Simeon and Levi. The first manifestation of Jewish fanaticism. Jacob’s rebuke, and removal to Bethel_ GENESIS 33:17 TO GENE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BROTHERS MEET AGAIN Jacob's trepidation is not eased when he sees that Esau has passed by all the droves and is coming with his four hundred men to meet Jacob. He even divides his family at this...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    PIECES: Or, lambs...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    17-20 Jacob did not content himself with words of thanks for God's favour to him, but gave real thanks. Also he kept up religion, and the worship of God in his family. Where we have a tent, God must...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE BOUGHT A PARCEL OF A FIELD for his present possession and use; for the right which he had to it was only in reversion after the time that God had allotted for it. THE CHILDREN OF HAMOR, i.e. subjec...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    & Gen 34:1-31 We may here see how groundless were all Jacob's fears, and how useless all his plans. Notwithstanding the wrestling, the touching the hollow of the thigh, and the halting, we find Jacob...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 33:19 bought H7069 (H8799) parcel H2513 land H7704 pitched H5186 (H8804) tent H168 from H3027 children...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JACOB MOVES INTO THE LAND OF PROMISE - REVENGE FOR DINAH (GENESIS 33:18 TO GENESIS 34:31) Some years have passed and now Jacob feels the time has come to return to the land of the covenant. This parti...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    SHECHEM'S Called "Sychem," (Acts 7:16)....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jacob meets Esau. Settles in Canaan. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Esau, Leah, Rachael, Joseph. CONCLUSION: How groundless are all the Christian's fears and how useless all his self-devised plans. «W...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 33:3. _Bowed himself to the ground._ He then rose and walked a little farther, and bowed again; so he did seven times until he approached his brother. Homage of this kind was first paid to the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And he bought a parcel of a field_ JACOB’S FAITH AND PIETY I. HIS FAITH. He bought a parcel of ground as a pledge of his faith in the future possession of that country by his posterity (Genesis 33:1...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 33:19 HUNDRED PIECES OF MONEY. The term translated as “money” is used rarely in the OT (see Joshua 24:32;...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 33:1 Having met the Lord at Peniel, Jacob is reconciled with Esau. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 33:17. Made booths for his cattle.] “_Booths,_ or folds, composed of upright stakes wattled together, and sheltered with leafy branches.” (_Murphy._)— GENESIS 33:18. SHALEM,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 33:1, GENESIS 33:2 AND JACOB, having the day before dispatched his conciliatory gift to Esau, turned his back upon the Jabbok, having crossed to the south bank, if the previous nig...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and the two handmaidens (Genesis 33:1). In oth...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    bought. Genesis 23:17 Genesis 49:30 Joshua 24:32 John 4:5 Acts 7:16 Hamor....

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