John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 32:9
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac ,.... In this distress he does not consult the teraphim Rachel had taken from her father; nor does he call upon the hosts of angels that had just appeared to him, to help, protect, and guard him; but to God only, the God of his fathers, who had promised great things to them, and had done great things for them; who was their God in covenant, as he was his also, though he makes no mention of it, and who was heir of the... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 32:8
And said, if Esau come to the one company, and smite it ,.... The first, which perhaps consisted only of some servants, with a part of his cattle; so that if Esau should come in an hostile manner, and fall upon that, and slay the servants, and take the cattle as a booty: then the other company which is left shall escape ; by flight, in which most probably were he himself, his wives and children, and the camels to carry them off who would have notice by what should happen to the first... read more