Gen 32 | TSK | STEP | Jacob's vision at Mahanaim. His message to Esau. He is afraid of Esau's coming. He prays for deliverance. He sends a present to Esau, and passes the brook Jabbok. He wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel. He halts. angels.

Genesis 32

1 Jacob's vision at Mahanaim.

3 His message to Esau.

6 He is afraid of Esau's coming.

9 He prays for deliverance.

13 He sends a present to Esau, and passes the brook Jabbok.

24 He wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel.

31 He halts.

angels.

Ps 91:11; Heb 1:4; 1Co 3:22; Eph 3:10

God's.

Jos 5:14; 2Ki 6:17; Ps 34:7; 103:21; 148:2; Da 10:20; Lu 2:13

the name.

Jos 21:38; 2Sa 2:8,12; 17:24,26,27; 1Ki 2:8; 4:14

Mahanain. i.e., two hosts, or camps.

So 6:13Mahanaim was situated between Gilead and the river Jabbok, near the present Djezan.

sent.

Mal 3:1; Lu 9:52; 14:31,32

land.The land, or mountains, of Seir was situated south and east of the Dead Sea; forming a continuation of the eastern Syrian chain of mountains, beginning with Antilibanus, and extending from thence to the eastern gulf of the Red Sea.

Seir.

14:6; 33:14,16; 36:6-8; De 2:5,22; Jos 24:4

country. Heb. field. Edom.

25:30

my lord.

5,18; 4:7; 23:6; 27:29,37; 33:8; Ex 32:22; 1Sa 26:17; Pr 6:3; 15:1

Lu 14:11

1Pe 3:6

servant.

1Ki 20:32; Ec 10:4

have oxen.

30:43; 31:1,16; 33:11; Job 6:22

may find.

33:8,15; 47:25; Ru 2:2; 1Sa 1:18; 2Sa 16:4

and four.

8,11; 27:40,41; 33:1; Am 5:19

greatly.

Ex 14:10; Ps 18:4,5; 31:13; 55:4,5; 61:2; 142:4; Mt 8:26; Joh 16:33

Ac 14:22; 2Co 1:4,8-10; 2Ti 3:12

distressed.

35:3; Ps 107:6

and he.

Ps 112:5; Pr 2:11; Isa 28:26; Mt 10:16

33:1-3; Mt 10:16

Jacob.

1Sa 30:6; 2Ch 20:6,12; 32:20; Ps 34:4-6; 50:15; 91:15; Php 4:6,7

O God.

17:7; 28:13; 31:29,42,53; Ex 3:6

the Lord.

31:3,13

not worthy of the least of all. Heb. less than all.

18:27; 2Sa 7:18; Job 42:5,6; Ps 16:2; Isa 6:5; 63:7; Da 9:8,9; Lu 5:8

Lu 17:10; 2Co 12:11; 1Ti 1:12-15; 1Pe 5:5; 1Jo 1:8-10

mercies.

24:27; Ps 8:5

truth.

24:27; 28:15; Ps 61:7; 85:10; Mic 7:20

my staff.

28:10,11; Job 8:7; Ps 18:35

two bands.

5,7; 30:43; De 8:18; Ps 18:35; 84:7; Job 17:9; Pr 4:18

Deliver.

1Sa 12:10; 24:15; Ps 16:1; 25:20; 31:2; 43:1; 59:1,2; 119:134; 142:6

Pr 18:19; Da 3:17; Mt 6:13

the mother.

De 22:6; Ho 10:14

with. Heb. upon.

thou.

6; Ex 32:13; Nu 23:19; 1Sa 15:29; Mt 24:35; 2Ti 2:13; Tit 1:2

Heb 6:17

I will.

28:13-15; 46:3,4

which.

1Sa 25:8

to his hand.Or, "under his hand" or power; i.e., what Providence had put in his power or possession.

a present.

20,21; 18:2; 33:10; 42:6; 43:11,26; 1Sa 25:27; Pr 17:8; 18:16; 19:6

Pr 21:14 This was a princely present. The "thirty milch camels" were particularly valuable; for among the Arabs they constitute a principal part of their riches; being every way so serviceable, that the providence of God appears peculiarly kind and wise in providing such animals for those countries, where no other animal could be of equal service. The she-camel gives milk continually, not ceasing even when with young; the milk of which, when mixed with three parts of water, affords the most pleasant and wholesome beverage.

30:43; 31:9,16; De 8:18; 1Sa 25:2; Job 1:3; 42:12

space.

20; 33:8,9; Ps 112:5; Pr 2:11; Isa 28:26; Mt 10:16

Whose art.

33:3

4,5

I will appease.

43:11; 1Sa 25:17-35; Job 42:8,9; Pr 15:18; 16:14; 21:14

peradventure.

1Sa 6:5; 1Ki 20:31; Jon 3:9; 2Ti 2:25

of me. Heb. my face.

Job 42:8,9; Pr 6:35

his two wives.

29:21-35; 30:1-24; 35:18,22-26; 1Ti 5:8

the ford Jabbok.Or, "the ford of Jabbok," a stream which takes its rise in the mountains of Gilead, and falls into the Jordan to the south of the lake of Gennesareth. It is now called the Zerka.

De 2:37; 3:16; Jos 12:2

sent them. Heb. caused to pass.

wrestled.

30:8; Lu 13:24; 22:44; Ro 8:26,27; 15:30; Eph 6:12,18; Col 2:1; 4:12

Heb 5:7

man.

28,30; 48:16; Isa 32:2; Ho 12:3-5; 1Co 15:47

breaking of the day. Heb. ascending of the morning.

Ex 14:27; So 2:17

that he.

19:22; Nu 14:13,14; Isa 41:14; 45:11; Ho 12:3,4; Mt 15:22-28

Lu 11:5-8

touched.

32; Ps 30:6,7; Mt 26:41,44; 2Co 12:7-9

Let me go.

Ex 32:10; De 9:14; So 7:5; Isa 45:11; 64:7; Lu 24:28,29

I will not.

So 3:4; Ho 12:4; Lu 18:1-7; Ro 8:37; 1Co 15:58; 2Co 12:8,9; Heb 5:7

thou bless.

1Ch 4:10; Ps 67:1,6,7; 115:12,13

Thy name.

17:5,15; 33:20; 35:10; Nu 13:16; 2Sa 12:25; 2Ki 17:34; Isa 62:2-4

Isa 65:15; Joh 1:42; Re 2:17

Israel. i.e., a prince of God. as a prince.Or, according to the LXX., Vulgate, Houbigant, Dathe, and Rosenmuller, "because thou hast power with God, thou shalt also prevail with men." There is a beautiful antithesis between the two terms, with [Elohim,] {Elohim,} god, the Almighty, with [anashim,] {anashim,} weak, feeble men, as the word imports; seeing thou hast had power with the Almighty, surely thou shalt prevail over perishing mortals.

power.

24; Ho 12:3-5

with men.

25:31; 27:33-36; 31:24,36-55; 33:4; 1Sa 26:25; Pr 16:7

Wherefore.

27; De 29:29; Jud 13:16-18; Job 11:7; Pr 30:4; Isa 9:6; Lu 1:19

blessed.

26; 27:28,29; 28:3,4,13,14; Ho 6:1

Jacob.

Penuel.

28:19; Jud 8:8,17; 1Ki 12:25

Peniel. i.e., the face of God.Peniel, or Penuel, was evidently situated near the ford of Jabbok, on the north of that stream, about forty miles from Jerusalem.

I have.

16:13; Ex 24:10,11; 33:14,19-23; Nu 12:8; De 5:24; 34:10

Jud 6:22,23; 13:21,22; Isa 6:5; Joh 1:18; 2Co 3:18; 4:6; Ga 1:6

Eph 1:17; Col 1:15; 2Ti 1:10; Heb 11:27

rose upon.

19:15,23; Mal 4:2

he halted.

25; Ps 38:17; 2Co 12:7,9

eat not.

1Sa 5:5