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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -
GENESIS 32
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1 Jacob's vision at Mahanaim.
3 His message to Esau.
6 He is afraid of Esau's coming.
9 He prays for deliverance.
13 He sends a present to Esau, and passes the brook Jabbok.
24 He wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where he is called
Israel.
31 He halts.
VERSE 1
- angels.
* Ps 91:11 Heb 1:4 1Co 3:22 Eph 3:10
VERSE 2
- God's.
* Jos 5:14 2Ki 6:17 Ps 34:7; 103:21; 148:2 Da 10:20 Lu 2:13
- the name.
* Jos 21:38 2Sa 2:8,12; 17:24,26,27 1Ki 2:8; 4:14
- Mahanain. i.e., two hosts, or camps.
* So 6:13
Mahanaim was situated between Gilead and the river Jabbok,
near the present Djezan.
VERSE 3
- sent.
* Mal 3:1 Lu 9:52; 14:31,32
- land.
The land, or mountains, of Seir was situated south and east of
the Dead Sea; forming a continuation of the eastern Syrian
chain of mountains, beginning with Antilibanus, and extending
from thence to the eastern gulf of the Red Sea.
- Seir.
* Ge 14:6; 33:14,16; 36:6-8 De 2:5,22 Jos 24:4
- country. Heb. field. Edom.
* Ge 25:30
VERSE 4
- my lord.
* :5,18; 4:7; 23:6; 27:29,37; 33:8 Ex 32:22 1Sa 26:17 Pr 6:3; 15:1;
* Lu 14:11; 1Pe 3:6
- servant.
* 1Ki 20:32 Ec 10:4
VERSE 5
- have oxen.
* Ge 30:43; 31:1,16; 33:11 Job 6:22
- may find.
* Ge 33:8,15; 47:25 Ru 2:2 1Sa 1:18 2Sa 16:4
VERSE 6
- and four.
* :8,11; 27:40,41; 33:1 Am 5:19
VERSE 7
- greatly.
* Ex 14:10 Ps 18:4,5; 31:13; 55:4,5; 61:2; 142:4 Mt 8:26 Joh 16:33
* Ac 14:22 2Co 1:4,8-10 2Ti 3:12
- distressed.
* Ge 35:3 Ps 107:6
- and he.
* Ps 112:5 Pr 2:11 Isa 28:26 Mt 10:16
VERSE 8
* Ge 33:1-3 Mt 10:16
VERSE 9
- Jacob.
* 1Sa 30:6 2Ch 20:6,12; 32:20 Ps 34:4-6; 50:15; 91:15 Php 4:6,7
- O God.
* Ge 17:7; 28:13; 31:29,42,53 Ex 3:6
- the Lord.
* Ge 31:3,13
VERSE 10
- not worthy of the least of all. Heb. less than all.
* Ge 18:27 2Sa 7:18 Job 42:5,6 Ps 16:2 Isa 6:5; 63:7 Da 9:8,9 Lu 5:8
* Lu 17:10 2Co 12:11 1Ti 1:12-15 1Pe 5:5 1Jo 1:8-10
- mercies.
* Ge 24:27 Ps 8:5
- truth.
* Ge 24:27; 28:15 Ps 61:7; 85:10 Mic 7:20
- my staff.
* Ge 28:10,11 Job 8:7 Ps 18:35
- two bands.
* :5,7; 30:43 De 8:18 Ps 18:35; 84:7 Job 17:9 Pr 4:18
VERSE 11
- Deliver.
* 1Sa 12:10; 24:15 Ps 16:1; 25:20; 31:2; 43:1; 59:1,2; 119:134; 142:6
* Pr 18:19 Da 3:17 Mt 6:13
- the mother.
* De 22:6 Ho 10:14
- with. Heb. upon.
VERSE 12
- thou.
* :6 Ex 32:13 Nu 23:19 1Sa 15:29 Mt 24:35 2Ti 2:13 Tit 1:2
* Heb 6:17
- I will.
* Ge 28:13-15; 46:3,4
VERSE 13
- which.
* 1Sa 25:8
- to his hand.
Or, 'under his hand' or power; i.e., what Providence had put
in his power or possession.
- a present.
* :20,21; 18:2; 33:10; 42:6; 43:11,26 1Sa 25:27 Pr 17:8; 18:16; 19:6;
* 21:14
VERSE 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.
* Ge 30:43; 31:9,16 De 8:18 1Sa 25:2 Job 1:3; 42:12
VERSE 15
VERSE 16
- space.
* :20; 33:8,9 Ps 112:5 Pr 2:11 Isa 28:26 Mt 10:16
VERSE 17
- Whose art.
* Ge 33:3
VERSE 18
- See on ver.
* :4,5
VERSE 19
VERSE 20
- I will appease.
* Ge 43:11 1Sa 25:17-35 Job 42:8,9 Pr 15:18; 16:14; 21:14
- peradventure.
* 1Sa 6:5 1Ki 20:31 Jon 3:9 2Ti 2:25
- of me. Heb. my face.
* Job 42:8,9 Pr 6:35
VERSE 21
VERSE 22
- his two wives.
* Ge 29:21-35; 30:1-24; 35:18,22-26 1Ti 5:8
- 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.
* De 2:37; 3:16 Jos 12:2
VERSE 23
- sent them. Heb. caused to pass.
* :23
VERSE 24
- wrestled.
* Ge 30:8 Lu 13:24; 22:44 Ro 8:26,27; 15:30 Eph 6:12,18 Col 2:1; 4:12
* Heb 5:7
- man.
* :28,30; 48:16 Isa 32:2 Ho 12:3-5 1Co 15:47
- breaking of the day. Heb. ascending of the morning.
* Ex 14:27 So 2:17
VERSE 25
- that he.
* Ge 19:22 Nu 14:13,14 Isa 41:14; 45:11 Ho 12:3,4 Mt 15:22-28
* Lu 11:5-8
- touched.
* :32 Ps 30:6,7 Mt 26:41,44 2Co 12:7-9
VERSE 26
- Let me go.
* Ex 32:10 De 9:14 So 7:5 Isa 45:11; 64:7 Lu 24:28,29
- I will not.
* So 3:4 Ho 12:4 Lu 18:1-7 Ro 8:37 1Co 15:58 2Co 12:8,9 Heb 5:7
- thou bless.
* 1Ch 4:10 Ps 67:1,6,7; 115:12,13
VERSE 27
VERSE 28
- Thy name.
* Ge 17:5,15; 33:20; 35:10 Nu 13:16 2Sa 12:25 2Ki 17:34 Isa 62:2-4
* Isa 65:15 Joh 1:42 Re 2:17
- 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.
- power.
* :24 Ho 12:3-5
- with men.
* Ge 25:31; 27:33-36; 31:24,36-55; 33:4 1Sa 26:25 Pr 16:7
VERSE 29
- Wherefore.
* :27 De 29:29 Jud 13:16-18 Job 11:7 Pr 30:4 Isa 9:6 Lu 1:19
- blessed.
* :26; 27:28,29; 28:3,4,13,14 Ho 6:1
VERSE 30
- Jacob.
* :31
- Penuel.
* Ge 28:19 Jud 8:8,17 1Ki 12:25
- 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.
- I have.
* Ge 16:13 Ex 24:10,11; 33:14,19-23 Nu 12:8 De 5:24; 34:10
* Jud 6:22,23; 13:21,22 Isa 6:5 Joh 1:18 2Co 3:18; 4:6 Ga 1:6
* Eph 1:17 Col 1:15 2Ti 1:10 Heb 11:27
VERSE 31
- rose upon.
* Ge 19:15,23 Mal 4:2
- he halted.
* :25 Ps 38:17 2Co 12:7,9
VERSE 32
- eat not.
* 1Sa 5:5
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