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He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd."
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A Deliberate Peacemaking Strategy
Commentators unanimously describe Jacob's plan as a wise and calculated strategy. By separating the animals into droves with 'a space betwixt drove and drove,' he intended to maximize the gift's impact. Scholars explain this gave Esau time to cool down, appreciate the value of the gift in waves, and repeatedly hear messages of Jacob's submission, softening his heart before they met.
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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
Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls,…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants To present them to Esau as from him: every drove b…
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…
