Genesis 32:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. ”

Genesis 32:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob Wrestles in Prayer 3. מחנים machănāyı̂m , Machanaim, “two camps.” 22. יבק yaboq , Jabboq; related: בקק bāqaq “gush or gurgle out” or אבק 'ābaq in niphal, “wrestle.” N...
Genesis 32:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob Takes Precautions to Appease Esau. Genesis 32:3-13 a seems to be from J, Genesis 32:13 b - Genesis 32:21 from E. Genesis 32:9-12 may be an expansion. According to J, Jacob divide...
Genesis 32:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. Ten bulls - The Syriac and Vulgate have twenty; but ten is a sufficient proportion to the forty kine....
Genesis 32:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; He lodged there that same night. The scarcity of water leads traveling companies o...
Genesis 32:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Approach of Esau. Jacob Wrestles with the Angel 1. The angels of God] God had given Jacob, by an angelic vision, a pledge of His watchful love, when he left his home ( Genesis 28:12 ). Now tha...
Genesis 32:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Genesis 32:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JACOB AT PENIEL Genesis 32:1-32 "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up." James 4:10 JACOB had a double reason for wishing to leave Padan-aram. He believed in t...
Genesis 32:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob Wrestles and Prevails Genesis 32:13-32 There is a fulsomeness in Jacob's address to Esau, which sounds inconsistent with the noblest manhood and the firmest faith. Why should he speak of...
Genesis 32:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is unquestionably one of the great Chapter s of the Bible, and it is significant how constant and powerful is its appeal to all who live on the principle of faith. It gives the account of the th...
Genesis 32:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 21:14 Jabbok, the boundary of the coast of the Ammonites. Joshua 12:2 .
Genesis 32:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thirty milch camels with their colts ,.... Milch camels were in great esteem in the eastern countries; their milk being, as Aristotle y and Pliny z say, the sweetest of all milk: forty kine and te...
Genesis 32:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A present for Esau his brother As he prays and trusts in God, so he uses the means; and having piously made God his friend by prayer, prudently endeavours to make Esau his friend by a present. Put...
Genesis 32:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

RETURNING TO FACE ESAU As Jacob continues his journey we are told that the angels of God met him (v.1). It was not God Himself as yet who met him, but the angels were no doubt intended as an encou...
Genesis 32:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Present to Esau. B. C. 1739. 13 And he lodged there that same night; and took...
Genesis 32:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 32:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he stayed there that night and took from what he had with him a present for Esau his brother. Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred yews and twenty rams, thirty milch camels and...
Genesis 32:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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....
Genesis 32:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 32 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 affectin...
Genesis 32:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 32:1 . And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. When he left the promised land, he had a vision of angels, ascending and descending upon the ladder, as if to bid him fare...
Genesis 32:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Genesis 32:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

A present for Esau. Jacob’s offering to Esau 1. Prudent disposition of presents must follow the preparation of them. 2. Good servants are fit helps unto good masters for ordering their affai...
Genesis 32:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 32:1 And Jacob (after Laban's departure) went on his way (from Galeed and Mizpah, in a southerly direction towards the Jabbok), and the angels of God— literally, th...
Genesis 32:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Presents to Esau
Genesis 32:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 32:15

Genesis 32:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 32:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 32:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 32:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 32:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 32:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 32:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 32:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 32:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 32:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 32:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 32:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 32:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 32:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 32:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 32:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 32:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 32:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 32:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 32:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge