Genesis 33:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. ”

Genesis 33:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob and Esau Meet 17. סכת sûkkôth , Sukkoth, “booths,” consisting of poles forming a roof covered with branches, leaves, or grass. 19. חמור chămôr Chamor, “ass, red, heap.” קשׂ...
Genesis 33:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 33. The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau. Genesis 33:1-17 is in the main from J, but bits of E have been woven in ( Genesis 33:5 b , Genesis 33:10 b , Genesis 33:11 a ). The actu...
Genesis 33:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Let us take our journey. Although Esau was inclined to benevolence, Jacob still distrusts him: not that he fears to be ensnared, or that he suspects perfidy to lie hidden under the garb o...
Genesis 33:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
Genesis 33:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. Let us take our journey. Esau proposed to accompany Jacob and his family through the country, both as a mark of...
Genesis 33:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-16. Jacob and Esau meet peaceably. 17-20. Jacob settles in Canaan.
Genesis 33:12 - 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 33:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob and Esau Reconciled Genesis 33:1-17 Many things, like this meeting with Esau, are worse in anticipation than in actuality. The brothers were on the same old terms as before that filching...
Genesis 33:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The morning broke and Jacob-or Israel as he had now become- went forward to meet Esau. How strange a mixture there was in the make-up of this man is once more clearly evident. It is patent that fear...
Genesis 33:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He who hath angels to convoy him, needs no other defense.
Genesis 33:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, let us take our journey, and let us go ,.... To Seir, where Esau lived, and whither he invited Jacob to stop a while, and refresh himself and his family: and I will go before thee ; t...
Genesis 33:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. Ver. 12. Let us take our journey. ] The Hebrews note, that Esau speaks in few, Jacob more fully: because it is the g...
Genesis 33:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let us go, I will go before thee He offers himself to be Jacob's guide and companion, in token of a sincere reconciliation. We do not find that Jacob and Esau were ever before so loving with one an...
Genesis 33:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BROTHERS MEET AGAIN Jacob's trepidation is not eased when he sees that Esau has passed by all the droves and is coming with his four hundred men to meet Jacob. He even divides his family at th...
Genesis 33:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. 6 Then the handm...
Genesis 33:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or rather, beside thee, so as to keep thee company, or to keep pace with thee.
Genesis 33:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he said, “Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you.” ' Esau is well meaning and offers his protection. He is unaware of his brother's fears, although no doubt amused at...
Genesis 33:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 33:3 . Bowed himself to the ground seven times.] “He bowed himself after the Eastern fashion, bending the body so that the face nearly touches the ground. The text gives...
Genesis 33:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 33:1-2 . And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids....
Genesis 33:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 33:3 . Bowed himself to the ground. He then rose and walked a little farther, and bowed again; so he did seven times until he approached his brother. Homage of this kind was first paid to...
Genesis 33:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him The reconciliation of Jacob and Esau I. IT ILLUSTRATES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS OF THE TWO BROTHERS. 1. Esau was generous and forgivin...
Genesis 33:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 33:1 , Genesis 33:2 And Jacob , having the day before dispatched his conciliatory gift to Esau, turned his back upon the Jabbok, having crossed to the south bank, i...
Genesis 33:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob presses his gifts upon Esau
Genesis 33:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 33:12
Genesis 33:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Esau offers himself to be his guide and companion, in token of sincere reconciliation. We never find that Jacob and Esau were so loving with one another as they were now. God made Esau not only not...

Genesis 33:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 33:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 33:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 33:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 33:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 33:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 33:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 33:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 33:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 33:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 33:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 33:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 33:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 33:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 33:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 33:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 33:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 33:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 33:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 33:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 33:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 33:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 33:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 33:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 33:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes