Gen 32:13-21, 33:10, 37:25, Deu 33:14, 1Sa 9:7, 25:27, 1Ki 4:21, 10:25 | TSK | STEP | which. to his hand.Or, "under his hand" or power; i.e., what Providence had put in his power or possession. a present.

Genesis 32:13-21

which.

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

Genesis 33:10

if now.

19:19; 47:29; 50:4; Ex 33:12,13; Ru 2:10; 1Sa 20:3; Jer 31:2

receive.To accept a present from an inferior was a customary pledge of friendship; but returning it implied disaffection. It was on this ground that Jacob was so urgent with Esau to receive his present.

I have seen.

32:30; 43:3; 2Sa 3:13; 14:24,28,32; Job 33:26; Ps 41:11; Mt 18:10

Re 22:4

Genesis 37:25

they sat.

Es 3:15; Ps 14:4; Pr 30:20; Am 6:6

Ishmeelites.

28,36; 16:11,12; 25:1-4,16-18; 31:23; Ps 83:6

Gilead.

31:21; 43:11; Jer 8:22

spicery.{Nechoth,} is rendered by the LXX. "incense;" Syriac, "resin;" Samaritan, "balsam;" Acquila, "storax;" which is followed by Bochart. This drug is abundant in Syria, and here Moses joins with it resin, honey, and myrrh; which agrees with the nature of the storax, which is the resin of a tree of the same name, of a reddish colour, and peculiarly pleasant fragrance.

balm{Tzeri,} which in Arabic, as a verb, is to flow, seems to be a common name, as balm or balsam with us, for many of those oily, resinous substances, which flow spontaneously, or by incision, from various trees or plants; accordingly the ancients have generally interpreted it resin.

myrrh.{Lot,} is probably, as Junius, De Dieu, Celsius, and Ursinus contend, the same as the Arabic {ladan}, Greek [ladanon,] and Latin {ladanum}.

Deuteronomy 33:14

the precious.

28:8; Le 26:4; 2Sa 23:4; Ps 65:9-13; 74:16; 84:11; Mal 4:2; Mt 5:45

Ac 14:17; 1Ti 6:17

put forth. Heb. thrust forth. moon. Heb. moons.

Ps 8:3; 104:19; Re 22:2

1 Samuel 9:7

what shall.

Jud 6:18; 13:15-17; 1Ki 14:3; 2Ki 4:42; 5:5; 8:8

spent in. Heb. gone out of, etc. there is not.We are not to suppose from this that the prophets took money to predict future events: Saul only refers to an invariable custom, that no man approached a superior without some present or another, however small in value. Dr. Pococke tells us of a present of fifty radishes! Other authors mention a flower, an orange, or similar trifles; and Mr. Bruce says, that one who wished to solicit a favour from him, presented him with about a score of dates! "I mention this trifling circumstance," says Mr. B. "to shew how essential to human and civil intercourse presents are considered to be in the East; whether it be dates, or whether it be diamonds, they are so much a part of their manners, that without them, an inferior will never be at peace in his own mind, or think that he has hold of his superior for protection. But superiors give no presents to their inferiors." Presents then are tokens of honour; not intended as offers of payment or enrichment.

have we. Heb. is with us.