Genesis 32:24

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a (h) man with him until the breaking of the day.

(h) That is, God in the form of a man.

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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 gur...
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 attrib...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

24. There wrestled a man with him (107) Although this vision was particularly useful to Jacob himself, to teach him beforehand that many co...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And there wrestled a man with him - This was doubtless the...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There wrestled. — This verb, abak, occurs only here, and without doubt it was chosen because of its resemblance to the name Jabbok. Its probable...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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 manh...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! do you know what it is to be left alone to enjoy communion with God in Christ? Have you sent away all earthly concerns, and all natural conne...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE DIVINE ANTAGONIST ‘And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.’ Genesis 32:24 There are t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jacob was left alone ,.... On the other side of Jabbok, his family and cattle having passed over it; and this solitude he chose, in order to spe...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. Ver. 24. And Jacob was left alone. ] Purposely, for sec...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob Wrestles with an Angel. B. C. 1739....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In some private place, it matters not on which side Jabbok, that he might more freely and ardently pour out his soul unto God. There wrestled a man...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Jacob was left alone and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he did not prevail against him he tou...
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 th...
Scofield Reference Notes

and there wrestled Jacob's crisis. Compare ( Joshua 5:13-15 ); ( Job 42:5 ); ( Job 42:6 ); ( Isaiah 6:1-8 ); ( Jeremiah 1:4-9 ); ( Ezekiel...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Struggle at Peniel
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

wrestled. Genesis 30:8 Luke 13:24 Luke 22:44 Romans 8:26 Romans 8:27 Romans 15:30 Ephesians 6:12 Ephesians 6:18 Colossians 2:1 Col...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Very early in the morning, a great while before day. Jacob had helped his wives and children over the river, and he desired to be private, and was...

²⁴ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breakinge of the day.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 32:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 32:24