He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

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

Genesis 32:22: יבק yaboq

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

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

THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.

For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And he rose up that night. After he has prayed to the Lord and arranged his plans, he now takes confidence and meets the danger. By this e…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And he rose up that night
In the middle of it, for it was long before break of day, as appears from ([Reference Gene…

Matthew Henry

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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