Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 32:22

"And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok." — Genesis 32:22 (ASV)

The ford Jabbok. —Hebrew, the ford of the Jabbok. This river, now called the Wady Zerba or Blue Torrent, later formed the boundary between the tribes of Manasseh and Gad. It flows through a deep ravine, with so rapid a current that crossing it is a matter of difficulty. Dr. Tristram (Land of Israel, page 558) says that the water reached his horse’s girths when he rode through the ford.