Charles Spurgeon Commentary


Charles Spurgeon Commentary
"And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;" — Genesis 32:6-7 (ASV)
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and alas he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him. Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed:
Four hundred men with him! "That must mean mischief to me and my company. Surely, he is coming in this way to avenge himself for the wrong I did him long ago. My brother's heart is still hot with anger against me." So, Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed.
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed:
And well he might be, for an angry brother, with four hundred fierce followers, must mean mischief.