Genesis 32:3

Seir was not in the very road to Canaan, but near it.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 32:3

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

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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. And Jacob sent messengers. It now happened, by the providence of God, that Esau, having left his father, had gone to Mount Seir of his own...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. Jacob sent messengers - מלאכים malachim, the sam...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jacob sent messengers, &c.— It was very natural for Jacob to conceive fearful apprehensions of Esau, and very prudential in him to take all pro...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. Sent messengers - i:e., had sent. It was...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The land of Seir ] or Edom, S. of the Dead Sea, where Esau settled ( Genesis 36:8 ). 6, 7. Esau's large retinue alarms Jacob, since their parting...
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 gav...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

JACOB’S RECONCILIATION WITH ESAU. ( Genesis 32:3 to Genesis 33:16 .) (3) Jacob sent messengers. — As Jacob travelled homewards to Hebron the...
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...
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 sha...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jacob sent messengers before him unto Esau his brother ,.... Or "angels": not angels simply, as Jarchi, for these were not under the command, an...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. Ver. 3. And Jacob sent messengers. ] Means,...
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

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, Thu...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The land of Seir; of which see Genesis 14:6 , Genesis 36:9,20,21 ; whither Esau had removed his habitation from Canaan, partly out of disconten...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Events in Jacob's Life Up To the Death of Isaac ( Genesis 32:3 to Genesis 35:1 ) Jacob Meets With His Brother Esau ( Genesis 32:3 to Genesis...
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 directio...
Scofield Reference Notes

Edom That is, Esau's country. ( Genesis 25:30 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Genesis 36:1 ).
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...
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...
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 c...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 32:1-2 . And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 32:1 . And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. What an encouragement the visit of these angels must have been to Jacob...
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...
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 J...
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 t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Messengers to Esau
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau, his brother, unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. As Esau's family grew, he gradually loosened t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

sent. Malachi 3:1 Luke 9:52 Luke 14:31 Luke 14:32 land. Seir. Genesis 14:6 Genesis 33:14 Genesis 33:16 Genesis 36:6-8 Deuteronomy 2:...

³ And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the countryb of Edom.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 32:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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

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

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

Genesis 32:3