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You shall say, `Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.`" For, he said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me."
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A Picture of Atonement
Commentators explain that Jacob's phrase "I will appease him" literally means "I will cover his face" in Hebrew. This powerful imagery, of covering an offense so it can no longer be seen by the offended party, is the same root concept used for the biblical idea of atonement. Jacob's gift was an attempt to cover his past sin so that Esau might "lift up his face" in acceptance.
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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 say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.
For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And say you moreover, behold, your servant Jacob [is] behind us
This is repeated to…
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…
