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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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_find grace_ Cf. Genesis 18:3; Genesis 33:8; Genesis 33:15; Genesis
34:11; Genesis 47:25. Jacob hopes to be reconciled and desires to
propitiate his brother. He has not forgotten his brother's threats...
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I HAVE OXEN, &C.— Jacob mentions this to give the more weight to his
address, and to shew Esau, that he did not come to be a burden to him,
nor to dispute with him the possession of his father's inher...
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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 I HAVE OXEN, AND ASSES, FLOCKS, AND MENSERVANTS, AND
WOMENSERVANTS: AND I HAVE SENT TO TELL MY LORD, THAT I MAY FIND GRACE
IN THY SIGHT._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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 32:6]_ וַֽ יְהִי ־לִי֙ שֹׁ֣ור וַ
חֲמֹ֔ור צֹ֖אן וְ עֶ֣בֶד וְ שִׁפְחָ֑ה
וָֽ אֶשְׁל
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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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Probably he makes mention of his worldly substance, by way of showing
his brother that he needed nothing from him but his love and
good-will....
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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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5._I have oxen_. Jacob does not proclaim his riches for the sake of
boasting, but that by this method Esau might be inclined to humanity.
For it would have been exceedingly disgraceful, cruelly to dri...
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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 I HAVE OXEN, AND ASSES, FLOCKS, AND MENSERVANTS, AND
WOMENSERVANTS,.... This he would have said, lest he should think he
was come to ask anything of him, and put himself and his family upon
him; a...
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And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and
womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace
in thy sight.
Ver. 5. _And I have oxen, and asses, &c._] This Jacob ment...
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_I have sent to tell my lord_ This message of Jacob shows great
prudence in him; for had he returned into Canaan without informing his
brother, and making him acquainted with the substance he had brou...
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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 Messengers to Esau...
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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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1-8 The angels of God appeared to Jacob, to encourage him with the
assurance of the Divine protection. When God designs his people for
great trials, he prepares them by great comforts. While Jacob, to...
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Yet in my exile God hath blessed me with a competency of worldly
goods, and therefore I am not likely to be either a burden to thee, or
a disgrace to our family. AND I HAVE SENT TO TELL MY LORD, to ac...
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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 32:5 oxen H7794 donkeys H2543 flocks H6629 male H5650 servants
H8198 sent H7971 (H8799) tell H5046 (H8687) lord H113 find H4672
(H8800) favor H2580 sight H5869
have oxen - Genesis 30:43, Genes...
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EVENTS IN JACOB'S LIFE UP TO THE DEATH OF ISAAC (GENESIS 32:3 TO
GENESIS 35:1)
Jacob Meets With His Brother Esau (Genesis 32:3 to Genesis 33:17).
This section is built around two covenants. The cov...
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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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_And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother._
THE ALARM
I. We will consider, in the first place, THE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
WHICH JACOB ADOPTED. In the first instance, as soon as he he...
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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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have oxen. Genesis 30:43 Genesis 31:1 Genesis 31:16 Genesis 33:11 Job
6:22 may find. Genesis 33:8 Genesis 33:15 Genesis 47:25 Ruth 2:2 1
Samuel 1:18...