John Gill Commentary Genesis 32:21

"So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company." — Genesis 32:21 (ASV)

So went the present over before him

Over the brook Jabbok, as mentioned later, the night before Jacob did: and himself lodged that night in the company;

or "in the camp" ^F3, either in the place called Mahanaim, from the hosts or crowds of angels seen there; or rather in his own camp, his family and servants; or, as Aben Ezra distinguishes, in the camp with his servants, and not in his tent, lest his brother should come and smite him; and so Nachmanides.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F3: (hnxmb) "in castris", Vatablus, Drusius, Schmidt; "in acie sua", Junius & Tremellius; "in exercitu", Piscator.