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He commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, `Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?`
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Faith and Prudent Planning
Commentators highlight the tension in Jacob's actions. Some, like Spurgeon, suggest his elaborate planning shows a reliance on human wisdom rather than pure faith in God. Others, like Matthew Henry, see it as a wise use of means, arguing that 'God answers prayers by teaching us to order our affairs aright.' This presents a timeless challenge: balancing practical action with absolute trust in God.
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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
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he commanded the foremost
He that had the care of the first drove, which consisted of goats, male and female.<…
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…
