And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Genesis 32:3: מחנים machănāyı̂m — Machanaim, “two camps.”

Genesis 32:22: יבק yaboq

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).

THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

That he did not prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, so he wrestled with …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Let me go. God concedes the praise of victory to His servant and is ready to depart, as if unequal to him in strength—not because a truce …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And he said, let me go, for the day breaketh This was said that he might seem to be a man that was desirous of going abou…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Long before daybreak, Jacob, being alone, more fully spread his fears before God in prayer. While doing so, One in the form of a man wrestled with …

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