Genesis 32:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel:g for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. ”

Genesis 32:30 - 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 32:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Wrestling of Jacob. The narrative, for which Hosea 12:3-5 should be compared. is distributed between J and E by recent critics. Gunkel attributes Genesis 32:23-24 a , Genesis 32:25 a ,...
Genesis 32:30 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

30. And Jacob called the name of the place (110) The gratitude of our father Jacob is again commended, because he took diligent care that the memory of God’s grace should never perish. He t...
Genesis 32:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Genesis 32:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. There wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day - an unknown person appeared suddenly to...
Genesis 32:30 - 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 32:30 - 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 32:30 - 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 32:30 - 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 32:30 - 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 32:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The disjointed thigh testified what the Lord could have done. Sweet is it to have divine strength perfected in human weakness. What was Paul's experience but this, when carrying about with him in his...
Genesis 32:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel ,.... In Genesis 32:31 ; Penuel, which signifies the face of God, or God hath looked upon me, or hath had respect to me: there was afterwards a city b...
Genesis 32:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Ver. 30. I have seen God face to face. ] Christ would not tell Jacob his name, to lift up...
Genesis 32:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wherefore dost thou ask after my name? Canst thou be at any loss to know who I am? The discovery of that was reserved for his death-bed, upon which he was taught to call him Shiloh. But instead o...
Genesis 32:30 - 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 32:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob Wrestles with an Angel. B. C. 1739. 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrest...
Genesis 32:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have seen God face to face; not in his essence, for so no man ever saw God, 1 Thessalonians 1:18 , nor yet in a dream or vision, but in a most evident, sensible, familiar, and friendly manif...
Genesis 32:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Jacob called the name of the place Peni-el (‘the face of God'), for he said, “I have seen God face to face and my life is preserved.” This was a play on words. The site was called Penuel ( Gen...
Genesis 32:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 32:24 . Wrestled.] The Heb. word only occurs in this place. It seems to be derived from a word signifying “dust,” and the allusion is probably to the dust excited by the...
Genesis 32:30 - 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 32:30 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jacob had just come out of a great trouble. God's gracious interposition had delivered him out of the hand of the angry Laban, Laban the churl, who cared for Jacob only for what he could get out of h...
Genesis 32:30 - 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 32:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 32:24 And Jacob was left alone (probably on the north bank of the Jabbok; but vide on Genesis 32:23 ); and there wrestled —thus assaulting in his strong point one w...
Genesis 32:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Struggle at Peniel
Genesis 32:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jacob. Genesis 32:31 Penuel. Genesis 28:19 Judges 8:8 Judges 8:17 1 Kings 12:25 Peniel. i.e., the face of God. I have. Genesis 16:13 Exodus 24:10 Exodus 24:11 Exodus 33:14 Exodus 3...
Genesis 32:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Peniel — That is, the face of God, because there he had seen the appearance of God, and obtained the favour of God.

Genesis 32:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 32:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:30 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 32:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 32:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 32:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 32:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 32:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 32:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 32:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 32:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 32:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 32:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 32:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 32:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 32:30 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 32:30 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 32:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 32:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 32:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 32:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 32:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes