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Verse Genesis 32:12. _MAKE THY SEED AS THE SAND_] Having come to the
_promise_ by which _the covenant_ was ratified both to _Abraham_ and
_Isaac_, he ceased, his faith having gained strong confirmatio...
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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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JACOB TAKES PRECAUTIONS TO APPEASE ESAU.
Genesis 32:3_ a_ seems to be from J, Genesis 32:13 _b_ - Genesis 32:21
from E. Genesis 32:9 may be an expansion. According to J, Jacob
divides his company into...
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THOU SAIDST,. WILL SURELY DO THEE GOOD.
He stands upon the divine word and quotes it to press his plea. It is
his hope and his strength. Cavillers have criticised this method of
petitioning God, but...
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SAIDST. Compare Genesis 32:9 with Genesis 28:13.
AS THE SAND. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ See note on Genesis 13:16....
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_thou saidst_ See Genesis 28:14.
_as the sand of the sea_ See Genesis 13:16; Genesis 22:17, and cf.
Genesis 16:10....
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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'...
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_AND JACOB SAID, O GOD OF MY FATHER ABRAHAM, AND GOD OF MY FATHER
ISAAC, THE LORD WHICH SAIDST UNTO ME, RETURN UNTO THY COUNTRY, AND TO
THY KINDRED, AND I WILL DEAL WELL WITH THEE:_
Jacob said, O God...
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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 de...
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_[Genesis 32:13]_ וְ אַתָּ֣ה אָמַ֔רְתָּ
הֵיטֵ֥ב אֵיטִ֖יב עִמָּ֑ךְ וְ
שַׂמְתִּ֤י אֶֽת ־זַרְעֲךָ֙ כְּ חֹ֣ול...
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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 FEARS TO MEET ESAU
Genesis 32:1
Before we encounter our Esaus we are sure to meet God's angels. If
only our eyes are not holden we shall perceive them. The world is full
of angel help! There a...
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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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Hebrews I am less than all thy mercies:, etc.
Observe the sweet order of the Patriarch's prayer. First, he calls
upon God, as his Covenant God, engaged to him by word, and oath, and
promises. Genesis...
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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; bu...
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AND THOU SAIDST, I WILL SURELY DO THEE GOOD,.... All kind of good,
most certainly and constantly; so Jacob rightly interpreted the
promise, "I will be with thee", Genesis 31:3; for the promise of God'...
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And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the
sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Ver. 12. _And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good._] So Jacob
interp...
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_Deliver me from my brother Esau, for I fear him_ The fear that
quickens prayer is itself pleadable. It was not a robber, but a
murderer that he was afraid of: nor was it his own life only that lay
at...
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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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JACOB'S PRAYER...
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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 messeng...
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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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9-23 Times of fear should be times of prayer: whatever causes fear,
should drive us to our knees, to our God. Jacob had lately seen his
guards of angels, but in this distress he applied to God, not t...
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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 32:12 said H559 (H8804) surely H3190 (H8687) well H3190
(H8686) make H7760 (H8804) descendants H2233 sand H2344 sea H3220
numbered H5608 (H8735) multitude H7230
thou - Genesis 32:6; Exodus 32:...
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‘And Jacob said, “Oh God of my father Abraham and God of my father
Isaac, Oh Yahweh who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your
kindred and I will do you good,' I am not worthy of the least of...
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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 i...
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Genesis 32:1. _And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met
him._
When he left the promised land, he had a vision of angels, ascending
and descending upon the ladder, as if to bid him farewel...
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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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_Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother_
JACOB’S PRAYER
Observe the spirit of Jacob’s prayer.
I. IT WAS A REVERENT SPIRIT.
II. A HUMBLE SPIRIT.
III. A THANKFUL SPIRIT.
IV. A SPIRIT...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 32:1 After separating peacefully from Laban,
Jacob prepares to meet his estranged brother Esau. Jacob is naturally
hesitant about how he will be received some 20 years after fl...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 32:1. The angels of God met him.] “Lit., came, drew near to
him, not precisely that they came from an opposite direction.”
(_Lange._)—
GENESIS 32:2. MAHANAIM.] Heb. Two camp...
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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...
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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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thou. Genesis 32:6 Exodus 32:13 Numbers 23:19 1 Samuel 15:29 Matthew
24:35 2 Timothy 2:13 Titus 1:2 Hebrews 6:17 I will. Genesis 28:13
Genesis
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Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good — The best we can say to God
in prayer is, what he hath said to us. God's promises as they are the
surest guide of our desires in prayer, and furnish us with th...