Genesis 33:20

altar. Genesis 8:20 Genesis 12:7 Genesis 12:8 Genesis 13:18 Genesis 21:33 El-elohe-Israel. i.e., God, the God of Israel. Genesis 32:28 Genesis 35:7

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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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he erected there an altar, and called (g) it Elelohe-Israel. (g) He calls the sign, the thing which it signifies, in token that God had mightily...
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 ,...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. And he erected there an altar. Jacob having obtained a place in which he might provide for his family, set up the solemn service of God;...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. And he erected there an altar - It appears that Jacob had a very correct notion of the pr...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He erected there an altar— At the same place where Abraham had built his first altar, ch. Genesis 12:7 . Abraham dedicated his, To Jehovah appear...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel. Erected ... an altar. Abraham had, on his landing on the same spot in Canaan, e...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-16. Jacob and Esau meet peaceably. 17-20. Jacob settles in Canaan.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

El-elohe-Israel ] i.e. El (God) is the God of Israel (Jacob's new name).
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

He erected there an altar. — Abraham had already built an altar in this neighbourhood ( Genesis 12:7 ), and Jacob now followed his example — partly...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob with the Shechemites Genesis 33:18-20 ; Genesis 34:1-17 Jacob was tempted by the fat pastures of Shechem, without thought or care of the...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

El-elohe-Israel, is God, the God of Israel; meaning God in a covenant way. REFLECTIONS How sweetly doth grace induce all the finer affections of th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he erected there an altar ,.... To offer sacrifice upon to God, by way of thanksgiving, for the many mercies he had received since he went out o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel. Ver. 20. And he erected there an altar. ] (1.) As a memorial of the promises, and a s...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He erected there an altar 1st, In thankfulness to God, for the good hand of his providence over him. 2d, That he might keep up religion and the wor...
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 m...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, called upon El-elohe-Israel, the particle lo being redundant, as such pronouns oft are, as Genesis 12:1 Joshua 20:2 .
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob Moves Into the Land of Promise - Revenge for Dinah ( Genesis 33:18 to Genesis 34:31 ) Some years have passed and now Jacob feels the time...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 33:17 . Made booths for his cattle.] “ Booths, or folds, composed of upright stakes wattled together, and sheltered wit...
Scofield Reference Notes

El-elohe-Israel That is, God, the God of Israel. Jacob's act of faith, appropriating his new name, but also claiming Elohim in this new sense...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 33:20 ; Genesis 34:1 In erecting this altar Jacob both set up a witness against the false worship and idolatry of the people among who...
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 h...
The Biblical Illustrator

And he bought a parcel of a field Jacob’s faith and piety I. HIS FAITH. He bought a parcel of ground as a pledge of his faith in the future pos...
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 up...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob Returns to Canaan
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe Israel (God, the God of Israel). That was Jacob's confession after the many years of travel and...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He erected an altar — In thankfulness to God for the good hand of his providence over him. That he might keep up religion, and the worship of God i...

²⁰ And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.g

Related Commentaries of Genesis 33:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's 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

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 33:20