Gênesis 32:24-30 NVT

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:26

Let me go, for the day breaketh - Probably meaning, that as it was now morning, Jacob must rejoin his wives and children, and proceed on their journey. Though phantoms are supposed to disappear when the sun rises, that could be no reason in this case. Most of the angelic appearances mentioned in the Old and New Testaments took place in open day, which put their reality out of question. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:28

Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel - ושראל Yisrael , from שר sar , a prince, or שרה sarah , he ruled as a prince, and אל el , God; or rather from איש ish , a man, (the א aleph being dropped), and ראה raah , he saw, אל el , God; and this corresponds with the name which Jacob imposed on the place, calling it פניאל peniel , the faces of God, or of Elohim, which faces being manifested to him caused him to say, Genesis 32:30 , פנים אל פנים... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:29

Tell me, I pray thee, thy name - It is very likely that Jacob wished to know the name of this angel, that he might invoke him in his necessities: but this might have led him into idolatry, for the doctrine of the incarnation could be but little understood at this time; hence, he refuses to give himself any name, yet shows himself to be the true God, and so Jacob understood him; (see Genesis 32:28 ;); but he wished to have heard from his own lips that name by which he desired to be invoked... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:24

Verse 24 24.There wrestled a man with him (107) Although this vision was particularly useful to Jacob himself, to teach him beforehand that many conflicts awaited him, and that he might certainly conclude that he should be the conqueror in them all; there is yet not the least doubt that the Lord exhibited, in his person, a specimen of the temptations — common to all his people — which await them, and must be constantly submitted to, in this transitory life. Wherefore it is right to keep in view... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:25

Verse 25 25.And when he saw that he prevailed not against him. Here is described to us the victory of Jacob, which, however, was not gained without a wound. In saying that the wrestling angel, or God, wished to retire from the contest, because he saw he should not prevail, Moses speaks after the manner of men. For we know that God, when he descends from his majesty to us, is wont to transfer the properties of human nature to himself. The Lord knew with certainty the event of the contest, before... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:26

Verse 26 26.Let me go. God concedes the praise of victory to his servant, and is ready to depart, as if unequal to him in strength: not because a truce was needed by him, to whom it belongs to grant a truce or peace whenever he pleases; but that Jacob might rejoice over the grace afforded to him. A wonderful method of triumphing; where the Lord, to whose power all praise is entirely due, yet chooses that feeble man shall excel as a conqueror, and thus raises him on high with special eulogy. At... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:28

Verse 28 28.Thy name shall be called no more Jacob. Jacob, as we have seen, received his name from his mother’s womb, because he had seized the heel of his brother’s foot, and had attempted to hold him back. God now gives him a new and more honorable name; not that he may entirely abolish the other, which was a token of memorable grace, but that he may testify a still higher progress of his grace. Therefore, of the two names the second is preferred to the former, as being more honorable. The... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:29

Verse 29 29.Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. This seems opposed to what is declared above; for I have lately said, that when Jacob sought a blessing, it was a token of his submission. Why, therefore, as if he were of doubtful mind, does he now inquire the name of him whom he had before acknowledged to be God? But the solution of the question is easy; for, though Jacob does acknowledge God, yet, not content will an obscure and slight knowledge, he wishes to ascend higher. And it is not to be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:30

Verse 30 30.And Jacob called the name of the place (110) The gratitude of our father Jacob is again commended, because he took diligent care that the memory of God’s grace should never perish. He therefore leaves a monument to posterity, from which they might know that God had appeared there; for this was not a private vision, but had reference to the whole Church. Moreover, Jacob not only declares that he has seen the face of God, but also gives thanks that he has been snatched from death.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 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 wrestler or heel-catcher from his youth (Murphy). The old word נֶאֱבַק , niph. of אָבַק , unused, a dehorn, from חָבַק , dust, because in wrestling the dust is raised (Aben Ezra, Gesenius), or a weakened form of חָבַק , to wind round, to embrace (Furst), obviously contains an allusion to the Jabbok ( ... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:28

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 32:24

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