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Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
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A Gift Seals the Peace
Commentators explain that Jacob's insistence on Esau accepting the gift was culturally significant. In that era, refusing a present was considered an affront and a sign of hostility. By urging Esau to receive his gift, Jacob was seeking a tangible confirmation that their reconciliation was genuine and that all was forgiven. Esau's acceptance sealed their newfound peace.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
סכת (sûkkôth) refers to Sukkoth, meaning “booths,” which consisted of poles forming a roof covered with branches, leaves, or gras…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19–35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham beg…
Baptist
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themse…
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16th Century
Protestant
Receive my present at my hand. This noun may be taken passively as well as actively. If understood actively, the sense will be, “Accept th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jacob said, nay, I pray you Do not say so, as the Targum of Jonathan supplies it, or do not refuse my present:
Jacob, having by prayer committed his case to God, went on his way. Come what will, nothing can come amiss to him whose heart is fixed, trusting in…
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