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G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 33:1-20

The morning broke and Jacob-or Israel as he had now become- went forward to meet Esau. How strange a mixture there was in the make-up of this man is once more clearly evident. It is patent that fear of his brother still lurked in his heart and there is a touch of nobleness in his going forward alone to meet him, having set his loved ones behind in two companies. Moreover, his love of Rachel is again manifest as he put her in the second company, so that if Esau met him in anger she, at any... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 33:12

‘And he said, “Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you.” ’ Esau is well meaning and offers his protection. He is unaware of his brother’s fears, although no doubt amused at his seeming subservience. But then, he thinks, that is Jacob. But his intentions are all good. They will go on together. He may well, however, have been secretly hoping that Jacob would not accept his offer. The laws of kinship demanded the offer. It was not necessarily intended to be accepted. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 33:13-14

‘And he said to him, “My lord knows that the children are of tender age, and that the flocks and herds with me are feeding their young, and that if they overdrive them one day all the flocks will die. Let my lord, I beg you, pass on before his servant, and I will lead on slowly according to the pace of the cattle who are before me, and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord, to Seir.” ’ We may gather from this that Esau has invited Jacob to join him in Seir where he is... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 33:1-20

Genesis 33. The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau. Genesis 33:1-Esther : is in the main from J, but bits of E have been woven in ( Genesis 33:5 b, Genesis 33:10 b, Genesis 33:11 a). The actual course of events, however, is not clear. According to E, Jacob had prepared a very costly present for Esau, and reading our narrative as if it carried on Genesis 32:13 b – Genesis 32:21, we should gain the impression that at the point reached in Genesis 33:1 Esau had already received the gifts... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 33:12

Or rather, beside thee, so as to keep thee company, or to keep pace with thee. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 33:13

The children are tender; the eldest of them, Reuben, not being yet fourteen years old. The flocks and herds with young are with me; or, upon me, i.e. committed to my care, to be managed as their necessities require. See Isaiah 40:11. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 33:14

We do not read that Jacob did according to this promise or insinuation go to Seir; either therefore he changed his first intentions for some weighty reasons, or upon warning from God; or he used this only as a pretence, which we should not too easily believe of so good a man, especially after such dangers and deliverances; or rather he did perform this promise, though the Scripture be silent of it, as it is of many other historical passages, and as it is here concerning Jacob’s visiting of his... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 33:1-16

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 33:3. Bowed himself to the ground seven times.] “He bowed himself after the Eastern fashion, bending the body so that the face nearly touches the ground. The text gives us to understand that these obeisances were not made on the same spot, but one after another as he approached Esau.” (Alford.)—Genesis 33:5. Who are those with thee?] Heb. Who these to thee?—pertaining to thee.—Genesis 33:11. My blessing.] Meaning my gratuity. In Scripture a gift is often called a... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 33:13

My lord Not all at once does "Jacob" cease to dominate the walk of "Israel." Cf. Genesis 35:1-10 where the walk becomes according to the new name. 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

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