Genesis 32:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. ”

• Genesis 32:6 - 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...

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• Genesis 32:6 - 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...

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• Genesis 32:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  6. And the messengers returned. Esau advances to meet his brother with a feeling of benevolence: but Jacob, reflecting on his cruel ferocity, inflated spirits, and savage threats, expects no...

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• Genesis 32:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. Esau - cometh - and four hundred men with him - Jacob, consc...

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• Genesis 32:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. The messengers returned. Their report left Jacob in...

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• Genesis 32:6 - 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...

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• Genesis 32:6 - 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...

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• Genesis 32:6 - 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...

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• Genesis 32:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Jacob Fears to Meet Esau Genesis 32:1-12 Before we encounter our Esaus we are sure to meet God's angels. If only our eyes are not holden we shall perceive them. The world is full of angel help!...

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• Genesis 32:6 - 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...

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• Genesis 32:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Observe, no sooner is Jacob delivered from distress, by reason of Laban, but he falls into a similar, or greater trouble, from the fear of Esau. Reader! the world is full of Labans and Esaus, in the...

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• Genesis 32:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the messengers returned to Jacob ,.... After they had delivered their message, with the answer they brought back: saying, we came to thy brother Esau ; which, though not expressed, is implied...

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• Genesis 32:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. Ver. 6. And four hundred men with him. ] Four hundred cut...

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• Genesis 32:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  He cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him He is now weary of waiting for the days of mourning for his father, and before they come resolves to slay thee. Then was Jacob greatly afraid...

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• Genesis 32:6 - 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...

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• Genesis 32:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.   4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Ja...

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• Genesis 32:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Esau gave them but an imperfect and a doubtful answer, as appears from Jacob's fear, Genesis 32:7 . He brought four hundred men with him; either as his usual guard, he being then a great man in...

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• Genesis 32:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And the messengers returned to Jacob saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and moreover he comes to meet you and four hundred men with him.” ' The fact that the messengers were allowed to return...

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• Genesis 32:6 - 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....

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• Genesis 32:6 - 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...

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• Genesis 32:6 - 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...

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• Genesis 32:6 - 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...

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• Genesis 32:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother. The alarm I. We will consider, in the first place, THE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES WHICH JACOB ADOPTED. In the first instance, as soon as he...

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• Genesis 32:6 - 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...

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• Genesis 32:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Messengers to Esau

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• Genesis 32:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  and four. Genesis 32:8 Genesis 32:11 Genesis 27:40 Genesis 27:41 Genesis 33:1 Amos 5:19

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• Genesis 32:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  He cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him — He is now weary of waiting for the days of mourning for his father, and before those come resolves to slay his brother. Out he marches with f...

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