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King James Bible - Genesis 32:14

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 32:14

Doscientas cabras y veinte machos cabríos, doscientas ovejas y veinte carneros,

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Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 32:14

Verse 14. Two hundred she-goats, &c.] This was a princely present, and such as was sufficient to have compensated Esau for any kind of temporal loss he might have sustained in being deprived of his birthright and blessing. The thirty milch camels were particularly valuable, for milch camels among the Arabs constitute a principal part of their riches, the creature being every way so serviceable that the providence of God appears peculiarly kind and wise in providing such a beast for those countries where no other animal could be of equal service. ""The she-camel gives milk continually, not ceasing till great with young; the milk of which,"" as Pliny has remarked, ""when mixed with three parts of water, affords the most pleasant and wholesome beverage."" Cameli lac habent, donec iterum gravescant, suavissimumque hoc existimatur, ad unam mensuram tribus aquae additis. - Hist. Nat., lib. 11., chap. 41.

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Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 9-23 - Times of fear should be times of prayer: whatever causes fear, shoul drive us to our knees, to our God. Jacob had lately seen his guards of angels, but in this distress he applied to God, not to them; he kne they were his fellow-servants, Re 22:9. There cannot be a bette pattern for true prayer than this. Here is a thankful acknowledgemen of former undeserved favours; a humble confession of unworthiness; plain statement of his fears and distress; a full reference of the whole affair to the Lord, and resting all his hopes on him. The best we can say to God in prayer, is what he has said to us. Thus he made the name of the Lord his strong tower, and could not but be safe. Jacob' fear did not make him sink into despair, nor did his prayer make his presume upon God's mercy, without the use of means. God answers prayer by teaching us to order our affairs aright. To pacify Esau, Jacob sen him a present. We must not despair of reconciling ourselves to thos most angry against us.

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Original Hebrew

עזים 5795  מאתים 3967  ותישׁים 8495 עשׂרים 6242 רחלים 7353 מאתים 3967 ואילים 352 עשׂרים׃ 6242