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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 33:17-20

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 33:17. Made booths for his cattle.] “Booths, or folds, composed of upright stakes wattled together, and sheltered with leafy branches.” (Murphy.)—Genesis 33:18. Shalem, a city of Shechem.] “It seems very improbable that the word Shalem should be a proper name, as the A.V. after the LXX. and Vulgate has rendered it. No such place is known in the neighbourhood of Sichem (Nablus), nor mentioned elsewhere in the Bible. The meaning is far more probably ‘in peace.’ ”... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 33:1-20

Chapter 33And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and the two handmaidens ( Genesis 33:1 ).In other words, each of the mothers with their children that they had born.And he put the handmaids and their children in the front, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph were behind. And he passed over before them, and he bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 33:1-20

Genesis 33:3. Bowed himself to the ground. He then rose and walked a little farther, and bowed again; so he did seven times until he approached his brother. Homage of this kind was first paid to the great patriarchs; and very extravagant homage is still paid to great men in all the oriental nations. Poor Jacob was now an Assyrian ready to perish, but God was his defence. Deuteronomy 26:5. Genesis 33:4. Fell on his neck and kissed him. We have here the answer of Jacob’s prayers and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 33:18

Genesis 33:18And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem,. . . and pitched his tent before the cityJacob’s mistakeGod had not said, Go to Shechem; but, “I am the God of Bethel.” Bethel, rather than Shechem, was his appointed goal. But alas! we are all too ready to fall short of God’s schemes for our elevation and blessedness. And so Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem. But he did worse; he pitched his tent before the city--as Lot did, when he pitched his tent before Sodom. What took him... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 33:18

Gen 33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. Ver. 18. Came to Shalem. ] Or, Came safe and sound to Shechem, as the Chaldee interprets it. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 33:18

Shalem: The word Shalem in the Samaritan Shalom, should probably be rendered "in peace," or "in safety;" as it is translated by the Chaldee, Arabic, Coverdale, and Matthewes. John 3:23, John 4:5, Acts 7:16 a city of Shechem: Or, rather, "the city Shechem," which was situated in a narrow valley, abounding with springs, between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim, having the former on the north, and the latter on the south; 10 miles from Shiloh, and 34 from Jerusalem. It became the capital of Samaria,... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 33:18

And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem — Or rather he came safe, or in peace, to the city of Shechem. After a perilous journey, in which he had met with many difficulties, he came safe at last, into Canaan. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 33:18

18. Came to Shalem, a city of Shechem So the Sept . , Vulg . , and Syr . But it is better to render Shalem adverbially, in peace . Jacob came in peace to a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan . It was doubtless at or near “the place of Sichem,” mentioned Genesis 12:6, and the city had probably been built here since the time of Abraham’s first arrival. The city may have taken its name from the shoulder of land on which it was built, (Genesis 12:6, note,) or from... read more