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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_, Genesis 32:26;...
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III.. NEW MAN WITH. NEW NAME.
27. AND HE SAID, WHAT IS THY NAME?
His name is asked, not for information, but in order to call attention
to his former, and to show the need of. new man who would be w...
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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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AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, WHAT, &C.— This inquiry is made, not for
information, but for the sake of giving the new name following. The
words should here be rendered more properly, Genesis 32:28. _Thy name...
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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 WAS LEFT ALONE; AND THERE WRESTLED A MAN WITH HIM UNTIL THE
BREAKING OF THE DAY._
There wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day - an
unknown person appeared suddenly to oppos...
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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 32:28]_ וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו מַה
־שְּׁמֶ֑ךָ וַ יֹּ֖אמֶר יַעֲקֹֽב׃...
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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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No more Jacob, which signifies a supplanter; but Israel, which means a
Prince. And do not all the spiritual seed of Jacob change their name
when their nature is renewed? Isaiah 62:4; Revelation 3:12....
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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 HE SAID UNTO HIM, WHAT [IS] THY NAME?.... Which question is put,
not as being ignorant of it, but in order to take occasion from it,
and the change of it, to show that he had granted his request,...
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And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob.
Ver. 27. _What is thy name?_] As if the angel should say, Thou art
such a fellow as I never met withal. Titles of honour are not worthy
o...
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_What is thy name? And he said, Jacob_ That is, a _supplanter_, as the
word signifies. _He said_, Thy name _shall be called no more Jacob_
Or, as the words should rather be rendered, _shall not only b...
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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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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 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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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 32:27 said H559 (H8799) name H8034 said H559 (H8799) Jacob
H3290...
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‘And he said, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” And
he said, “Your name will no more be called Jacob, but Israel
(isra-el), for you have striven (from the verb sarah) with God and
with men an...
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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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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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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 comba...
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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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Genesis 32:27...
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What is thy name? — Jacob (saith he) a supplanter, so Jacob
signifies. Well, (faith the angel) be thou never so called any more:
thou shalt be called Israel, a prince with God. He is a prince indeed,...