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Plead God's Promises
Multiple commentators, especially Charles Spurgeon, highlight that the most powerful part of Jacob's prayer is when he reminds God of His own promise: "You said, 'I will surely do you good.'" This serves as a powerful model for believers, showing that grounding our requests in God's revealed promises is a mighty and effective way to pray.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 32:1–32
18th Century
Theologian
Genesis 32:3: מחנים machănāyı̂m — Machanaim, “two camps.”
Genesis 32:22: יבק yaboq
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 32:1–32
19th Century
Bishop
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 32:9–12
19th Century
Preacher
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kind…
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John Calvin
On Genesis 32:11
16th Century
Theologian
Deliver me. After he has declared himself to be bound by so many of God’s benefits that he cannot boast of his own merits, and so raised h…
John Gill
On Genesis 32:11
17th Century
Pastor
Deliver me, I pray you, from the hand of my brother, from
the hand of Esau
For though…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 32:9–23
17th Century
Minister
Times of fear should be times of prayer: whatever causes fear, should drive us to our knees, to our God. Jacob had lately seen his guards of angels…