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Genesis 33:1-20 open_in_new
1-16.Jacob and Esau meet peaceably.
17-20. Jacob settles in Canaan.
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Genesis 33:3 open_in_new
Bowed seven times] in token of submission to Esau.
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Genesis 33:4 open_in_new
Jacob's prayer (Genesis 32:11) is answered, and Esau, whatever his original purpose, now shows his brother only goodwill and affection.
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Genesis 33:10 open_in_new
I have seen thy face, etc.] i.e. I find thee as favourable to me as God is, alluding, no doubt, to the name Peniel (Genesis 32:30).
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Genesis 33:11 open_in_new
My blessing] RV 'my gift': the present which accompanied expressions of good-will. So Naaman said to Elisha, 'I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant' (2 Kings 5:15).
12-16. Jacob was unwilling to refuse Esau, and yet thought it most prudent to keep apart from his hasty brother. He therefore made an excuse and crossed the Jordan into Canaan.
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Genesis 33:17 open_in_new
Succoth] 'booths,' S. of the Jabbok and on the E side of Jordan. Succoth and Penuel are mentioned together in Judges 8.
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Genesis 33:18 open_in_new
To Shalem, a city of Shechem] RV 'in peace to the city of Shechem.' But there is a village called Salim 3 m. E. of Shechem. Here Jacob settled for some eight or ten years. The well which he dug still exists, though nearly choked with stones, some 1¼m. from Nablous. It was here that Christ conversed with the woman of Samaria (John 4).
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Genesis 33:19 open_in_new
Pieces of money] Heb. Kesitah, probably bars or rings of silver of a certain weight. See on Genesis 23:16, also Job 42:11.
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Genesis 33:20 open_in_new
El-elohe-Israel] i.e. El (God) is the God of Israel (Jacob's new name).