Genesis 33:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. ”

Genesis 33:4 - 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 33:4 - 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 33:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. And Esau ran to meet him. That Esau meets his brother with unexpected benevolence and kindness, is the effect of the special favor of God. Therefore, by this method, God proved that he has...
Genesis 33:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 48 RECONCILIATION OF ESAU AND JACOB Genesis 33:4 . And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. SUCH are the dispositions of men...
Genesis 33:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. Esau ran to meet him - How sincere and genuine is this conduct of Esau, and at the same time how magna...
Genesis 33:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him— They who are more intimately acquainted, or of equal age or dignity, among the Easterns, mutually kiss the hand, the head, or shoulder...
Genesis 33:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. Esau ran ... fell on his neck, and kissed him. What a sudden and surprising change! Whether th...
Genesis 33:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-16. Jacob and Esau meet peaceably. 17-20. Jacob settles in Canaan.
Genesis 33:4 - 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 33:4 - 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 33:4 - 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 33:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

See what grace can accomplish! Read that Scripture, Proverbs 16:7 .
Genesis 33:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Esau ran to meet him ,.... If he rode on any creature, which is likely, he alighted from it on sight of his brother Jacob, and to express his joy on that occasion, and affection for him, made al...
Genesis 33:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. Ver. 4. And kissed him. ] The word kissed hath a prick over every letter in the original: to note,...
Genesis 33:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esau ran to meet him Not in anger, but in love: so wonderfully and suddenly had God, who hath the hearts of all men in his hands, and can turn them when and how he pleases, changed his heart; and o...
Genesis 33:4 - 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 33:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Interview with Esau. B. C. 1739. 1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and...
Genesis 33:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 33:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.' Esau had dismounted which must have been a great relief to Jacob. Esau is clearly genuinely pleased...
Genesis 33:4 - 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 33:4 - 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 33:4 - 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 33:4 - 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 33:4 - 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 33:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob's meeting with Esau
Genesis 33:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

embraced. Genesis 32:28 Genesis 43:30 Genesis 43:34 Genesis 45:2 Genesis 45:15 Job 2:12 Nehemiah 1:11 Psalms 34:4 Proverbs 16:7 Proverbs 21:1 fell on. Genesis 45:14 Genesis 45:...
Genesis 33:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And Esau ran to meet him — Not in passion but in love. Embraced him, fell on his neck and kissed him — God hath the hearts of all men in his hands, and can turn them when and how he pleases. He can...

Genesis 33:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 33:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 33:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 33:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Genesis 33:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 33:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 33:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 33:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 33:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 33:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 33:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 33:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 33:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 33:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 33:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 33:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 33:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 33:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 33:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 33:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 33:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 33:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 33:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 33:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 33:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 33:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 33:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes