Genesis 32:20 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

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."

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Genesis 32:3: מחנים machănāyı̂m — Machanaim, “two camps.”

Genesis 32:22: יבק yaboq

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).

THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.

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Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; two hundred she goats, and twenty …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And say you moreover, behold, your servant Jacob [is] behind
us

This is repeated to…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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…

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