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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:16-21

‘And he delivered them into the hands of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me and put a space between drove and drove.” And he commanded the foremost, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom do you belong? And where are you going? And whose are these animals before you?’ Then you will say, ‘They are your servant Jacob’s. It is a present to my lord Esau, and behold he also is behind us.’ And he commanded also the second and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:20-21

“For he said, “I will make reconciliation with him (‘cover his face”) with the present that goes before me (‘goes before my face’), and afterwards I will see his face. It may be that he will accept me (‘his face will be towards me’).” So the present passed over before him and he himself stayed that night in the company.’ Jacob is quite clear that the purpose of the gifts is appeasement and reconciliation so that when they meet there will be no trouble. He hopes that they will make him... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:22-23

‘And he rose up that night and took his two wives and his two handmaids and his eleven sons and passed over the Ford of Jabbok. And he took them and sent them over the stream and sent over what he had.’ The verse hides a more complicated manoeuvre. Jacob wants to see everyone and everything safely over the ford and he himself no doubt crossed it a number of times both ways. It was a difficult river to cross. But he himself finally remains on the side away from the others. The repetition is... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:3-21

Genesis 32:3-Ecclesiastes : . Jacob Takes Precautions to Appease Esau. Genesis 32:3-1 Chronicles : a seems to be from J, Genesis 32:13 b – Genesis 32:21 from E. Genesis 32:9-2 Kings : may be an expansion. According to J, Jacob divides his company into two camps, so that one may escape if Esau attacks. E represents Jacob as making up a very valuable present to win Esau’ s favour. This consists of goats, sheep, camels, cattle, and asses. He hits on the plan of arranging them in separate... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:22-32

Genesis 32:22-Jonah : . The Wrestling of Jacob.— The narrative, for which Hosea 12:3-Deuteronomy : should be compared. is distributed between J and E by recent critics. Gunkel attributes Genesis 32:23-Jeremiah : a, Genesis 32:25 a, Genesis 32:26-Hosea :, Genesis 32:31 a to E; Genesis 32:22; Genesis 32:24, Genesis 32:25 b, Genesis 32:29 f., Genesis 32:31 b to J. The older critics treated the section as a unity, generally attributing it to J. So much uncertainty hangs over the analysis, that it... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 32:22

His eleven sons, and Dinah, though she be not here mentioned; as the women are oft omitted in Scripture, was being comprehended under the men. Passed over the ford Jabbok, which is here generally related, but the time and manner of it is particularly described in the following verses. Of this ford Jabbok, see Numbers 21:24; Deuteronomy 3:16. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 32:3-23

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 camps. Probably alluding to the meeting of his own encampment with that of God. But some contend that this is the usual Hebrew plural of dignity or majesty. Mahanaim was situated S.W. of Mizpah in Gilead, probably the modern Mahneh.—Genesis 32:3. The land of Seir.] This is Arabia Petrea, on the east and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 32:1-32

Genesis 32:0 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 in the way in which guilty persons invoke the God of their fathers. Conscious that they deserve nothing at the hands of God, they seek to bring down on themselves the blessing of the God of their father and mother. III. When a man is overtaken in his transgression, and all his wickedness seems to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 32:1-32

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 and as he gives a heavy-duty charge to Jacob saying, "you take care of my girls and my grandkids. And if you do anything wrong, may God watch over you and take care of you".And so Laban departed with his host and returned back to Padanaram.And Jacob [chapter thirty-two] went on his way, and the angels... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 32:1-32

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 him. Psalms 34:7. Genesis 32:4. My lord Esau. Jacob salutes his brother as a prince, but he says nothing of the birthright. That being the gift of God, must not be given to another. Genesis 32:6. Four hundred men. A rabbi remarks here, that Laban followed Jacob with some shame, but that... read more