Genesis 32:13-32

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sent <0935> [which.]

sent <03027> [to his hand.]

Or, "under his hand" or power; i.e., what Providence had put in his power or possession.

gift <04503> [a present.]

32:14

This was a princely present. The "thirty milch camels" were particularly valuable; for among the Arabs they constitute a principal part of their riches; being every way so serviceable, that the providence of God appears peculiarly kind and wise in providing such animals for those countries, where no other animal could be of equal service. The she-camel gives milk continually, not ceasing even when with young; the milk of which, when mixed with three parts of water, affords the most pleasant and wholesome beverage.

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distance <07305> [space.]

32:17

<03212> [Whose art.]

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32:20

appease ... by <03722> [I will appease.]

accept <05375> [peradventure.]

ahead <06440> [of me. Heb. my face.]

32:22

two wives ... two <08147 0802> [his two wives.]

ford .... Jabbok <04569 02999> [the ford Jabbok.]

Or, "the ford of Jabbok," a stream which takes its rise in the mountains of Gilead, and falls into the Jordan to the south of the lake of Gennesareth. It is now called the Zerka.

32:23

across <05674> [sent them. Heb. caused to pass.]

32:24

wrestled <079> [wrestled.]

<0376> [man.]

daybreak <07837 05927> [breaking of the day. Heb. ascending of the morning.]

32:25

could <03201> [that he.]

struck <05060> [touched.]

32:26

Let me ........... let <07971> [Let me go.]

Let me ........... let <07971> [I will not.]

bless <01288> [thou bless.]

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name <08034> [Thy name.]

Israel <03478> [Israel. i.e., a prince of God. as a prince.]

Or, according to the LXX., Vulgate, Houbigant, Dathe, and Rosenmuller, "because thou hast power with God, thou shalt also prevail with men." There is a beautiful antithesis between the two terms, with [Elohim,] {Elohim,} god, the Almighty, with [anashim,] {anashim,} weak, feeble men, as the word imports; seeing thou hast had power with the Almighty, surely thou shalt prevail over perishing mortals.

fought <08280> [power.]

<0582> [with men.]

32:29

man <02088> [Wherefore.]

blessed <01288> [blessed.]

32:30

Jacob <03290> [Jacob.]

[Penuel.]

Peniel <06439> [Peniel. i.e., the face of God.]

Peniel, or Penuel, was evidently situated near the ford of Jabbok, on the north of that stream, about forty miles from Jerusalem.

seen <07200> [I have.]

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rose ............ limping <02224 06760> [rose upon.]

limping <06760> [he halted.]

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eat ... sinew ...................... sinew <0398 01517> [eat not.]