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You said, `I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can`t be numbered because there are so many.`"
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Plead God's Promises in Prayer
Multiple commentators, especially Charles Spurgeon, emphasize that the most powerful plea in prayer is reminding God of His own promises. Jacob's argument, 'You said, I will surely do you good,' is called the 'pith and marrow of prayer.' This approach isn't to inform God, but to express our own faith in His unchanging character and His commitment to His word.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Genesis 32:3: מחנים machănāyı̂m — Machanaim, “two camps.”
Genesis 32:22: יבק yaboq
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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Baptist
I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered for multitude. And he lodged there that same nigh…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you said, I will surely do you good All kind of good, most certainly and constantly; so Jacob rightly interprete…
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…