Gen 32:3-8, 13-22, 33:3-11, 1Sa 25:17-35, Pro 6:1-5, 25:8 | TSK | STEP | sent. 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. country. Heb. field. Edom.

Genesis 32:3-8

sent.

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

Genesis 32:13-22

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

Genesis 33:3-11

passed.

Joh 10:4,11,12,15

bowed.

18:2; 42:6; 43:26; Pr 6:3; Ec 10:4; Lu 14:11

seven times.

1Sa 2:5

embraced.

32:28; 43:30,34; 45:2,15; Job 2:12; Ne 1:11; Ps 34:4; Pr 16:7; 21:1

fell on.

45:14,15; 46:29; Lu 15:20; Ac 20:37

with. Heb. to. children.

30:2; 48:9; Ru 4:13; 1Sa 1:27; 1Ch 28:5; Ps 127:3; Isa 8:18; Heb 2:13

What meanest thou by all this drove? Heb. What is all thisband to thee?

32:13-20

to find.

32:5; 39:5; Es 2:17

have enough.

27:39; Pr 30:15; Ec 4:8

my brother.

4:9; 27:41; Jud 20:23; Pr 16:7; Ac 9:17; 21:20; Phm 1:7,16

keep that thou hast unto thyself. Heb. be that to thee thatis thine.

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

my blessing.

32:13-20; Jos 15:19; Jud 1:15; 1Sa 25:27; 30:26; 2Ki 5:15; 2Co 9:5,6

and because.

9; Php 4:11,12,18

enough. Heb. all things.

Ro 8:31,32; 1Co 3:21; 2Co 6:10; Php 4:12,18; 1Ti 4:8

urged him.

2Ki 2:17; 5:16,23; Lu 14:23

1 Samuel 25:17-35

evil.

20:7,9,33; 2Ch 25:16; Es 7:7

a son of Belial.

25; 2:12; De 13:13; Jud 19:22; 2Sa 23:6,7; 1Ki 21:10,13

2Ch 13:7

that a man.

20:32,33; 2Ki 5:13,14

made haste.

34; Nu 16:46-48; Pr 6:4,5; Mt 5:25

took two.The Eastern bread is generally both thin and small; and answers to our cakes.

Ge 32:13-20; 43:11-14; 2Sa 17:28,29; Pr 18:16; 21:14

two bottles.That is, two goatskins' full.

five sheep.Not one sheep to one hundred men.

clusters. Heb. lumps. Raisins dried in the sun.

2Sa 16:1

cakes of figs.Figs cured and then pressed together. Now all this provision was a matter of little worth; and had it been granted in the first instance, it would have perfectly satisfied David, and secured his good offices.

Go.

Ge 32:16,20

But.

Pr 31:11,12,27

rode.

2Ki 4:24

she came down.David was coming down mount Paran; Abigail was coming down from Carmel.

Surely.

13; Job 30:8; Ps 37:8; Eph 4:26,31; 1Th 5:15; 1Pe 2:21-23; 3:9

he hath requited.

Ge 44:4; Ps 35:12; 38:20; 109:3-5; Pr 17:13; Jer 18:20; Ro 12:21

1Pe 2:20; 3:17

So and more.Nothing can justify this conduct of David, which was rash, unjust, and cruel in the extreme. David himself condemns it, and thanks God for being prevented from executing this evil. (ver. 32-34.)

3:17; 14:44; 20:13,16; Ru 1:17

if I leave.

any that pisseth, etc.This seems to have been a proverbial expression among the Israelites; and may with the utmost propriety be read "any male."

1Ki 14:10; 16:11; 21:21; 2Ki 9:8

lighted.

Jos 15:18; Jud 1:14

fell.

20:41; 24:8

fell.

2Ki 4:37; Es 8:3; Mt 18:29

Upon.

28; Ge 44:33,34; 2Sa 14:9; Phm 1:18,19

let thine.

Ge 44:18; 2Sa 14:12

audience. Heb. ears.

regard. Heb. lay it to his heart.

2Sa 13:33; Isa 42:25; Mal 2:2

man of Belial.

17,26

Nabal. that is, fool.

as the Lord liveth.

34; 22:3; 2Ki 2:2; 4:6

and as thy.

1:26

the Lord hath.

33; Ge 20:6

from.

Ro 12:19,20

avenging thyself. Heb. saving thyself.

Ps 18:47,48; 44:3

now let.

2Sa 18:32; Jer 29:22; Da 4:19

blessing. or, present.

30:26; Ge 33:11; 2Ki 5:15; 2Co 9:5

follow. Heb. walk at the feet of.

42; *marg:

Jud 4:10; 2Sa 16:2

forgive.

the Lord.

15:28; 2Sa 7:11,16,27; 1Ki 9:5; 1Ch 17:10,25; Ps 89:29

fighteth.

17:47; 18:17; 2Sa 5:2; 2Ch 20:15; Eph 6:10,11

evil hath.

24:6,7,11,17; 1Ki 15:5; Ps 119:1-3; Mt 5:16; Lu 23:41,47

bound.The metaphors in this verse are derived from the consideration, that things of value are collected together, and often tied up in bundles, like sheaves of corn, to prevent their being scattered and lost, and that whatever is put into a sling is not intended to be preserved, but to be thrown away.

2:9; Ge 15:1; De 33:29; Ps 66:9; 116:15; Mal 3:17; Mt 10:29,30

with the Lord.

Joh 10:27-30; 14:19; 17:21,23; Col 3:3,4; 1Pe 1:5

sling out.

Jer 10:18

as out of the middle of a sling. Heb. in the midst of thebow of a sling.

according.

13:14; 15:28; 23:17; Ps 89:20

grief. Heb. staggering, or, stumbling.

Pr 5:12,13; Ro 14:21; 2Co 1:12

avenged.

33; 24:15; 26:23; 2Sa 22:48; Ps 94:1; Ro 12:19

remember.

40; Ge 40:14; Lu 23:42 David overlooks the rich and seasonable present of Abigail, though pressed with hunger and wearied with travel; but her advice, which disarmed his rage, and calmed his revenge, draws forth these high and affectionate gratulations. These were his joyful and glorious trophies; not over his enemies, but over himself.

Ge 24:27; Ex 18:10; Ezr 7:27; Ps 41:12,13; 72:18; Lu 1:68; 2Co 8:16

blessed.

Ps 141:5; Pr 9:9; 17:10; 25:12; 27:21; 28:23

which hast.

avenging.

26,31; 24:19; 26:9,10

kept me back.

hasted.

18; 11:11; Jos 10:6,9

there had.

Go up.

20:42; 2Sa 15:9; 2Ki 5:19; Lu 7:50; 8:48