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- Jacob Wrestles in Prayer 3. מחנים machănāyı̂m , Machanaim, “two camps.” 22. יבק yaboq , Jabboq; related: בקק bāqaq “gush or gur...
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...
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
And he said unto him, What, &c.— This inquiry is made, not for information, but for the sake of giving the new name following. The words should...
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. There wrestled a man with him until the breaking o...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
No more Jacob, which signifies a supplanter; but Israel, which means a Prince. And do not all the spiritual seed of Jacob change their name when thei...
And he said unto him, what [is] thy name ?.... Which question is put, not as being ignorant of it, but in order to take occasion from it, and the ch...
And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob. Ver. 27. What is thy name? ] As if the angel should say, Thou art such a fellow as I...
What is thy name? And he said, Jacob That is, a supplanter , as the word signifies. He said , Thy name shall be called no more Jacob Or, as the...
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,...
Jacob Wrestles with an Angel. B. C. 1739....
‘And he said, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” And he said, “Your name will no more be called Jacob, but Israel (isra-el), for you have str...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
We shall read three short portions of Scripture, all illustrative of the great truth that God has sometimes given grace to his people to overcome him...
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...
EXPOSITION Genesis 32:24 And Jacob was left alone (probably on the north bank of the Jabbok; but vide on Genesis 32:23 ); and there w...
The Struggle at Peniel
Genesis 32:27
What is thy name? — Jacob (saith he) a supplanter, so Jacob signifies. Well, (faith the angel) be thou never so called any more: thou shalt be call...
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.