Genesis 32
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Genesis 32:9-32

9Then JacobH3290 saidH559, “1GodH430 of my fatherH1 AbrahamH85 and GodH430 of my fatherH1 IsaacH3327, LordH3068, who saidH559 to me, ‘2ReturnH7725 to your countryH776 and to your relativesH4138, and I will 3makeH3190 you prosperH3190,’ 104I amH6994 unworthyH6994 5of allH3605 the 6favorH2617 and of allH3605 the 7faithfulnessH571, whichH834 You have shownH6213 to Your servantH5650; for with only my staffH4731 I crossedH5674 thisH2088 JordanH3383, and nowH6258 I have becomeH1961 twoH8147 companiesH4264. 118SaveH5337 me, pleaseH4994, 9from the handH3027 of my brotherH251, from the handH3027 of EsauH6215; for I fearH3372 him, that he will comeH935 and 10attackH5221 me and the 11mothersH517 with the childrenH1121. 12For You saidH559, ‘12I will assuredlyH3190 13makeH3190 you prosperH3190 and 14makeH7760 your 15descendantsH2233 as the sandH2344 of the seaH3220, whichH834 is tooH4480 greatH7230 to be countedH5608.’”

13So he spentH3885 the nightH3915 thereH8033. Then he 16selectedH3947 from what 17he hadH935 with him a 18giftH4503 for his brotherH251 EsauH6215: 14two hundredH3967 femaleH5795 goatsH5795 and twentyH6242 maleH8495 goatsH8495, two hundredH3967 ewesH7353 and twentyH6242 ramsH352, 15thirtyH7970 milkingH3243 camelsH1581 and their coltsH1121, fortyH705 cowsH6510 and tenH6235 bullsH6499, and twentyH6242 femaleH860 donkeysH860 and tenH6235 maleH5895 donkeysH5895. 16Then he placedH5414 them in the 19careH3027 of his servantsH5650, everyH5739 flockH5739 by itselfH905, and saidH559 to his servantsH5650, “PassH5674 onH5674 aheadH6440 of me, and putH7760 a spaceH7305 betweenH996 flocksH5739.” 17And he commandedH6680 the 20oneH7223 inH7223 frontH7223, sayingH559, “WhenH3588 my brotherH251 EsauH6215 meetsH6298 you and asksH7592 you, sayingH559, ‘To whomH4310 do you belong, and whereH575 are you goingH1980, and to whomH4310 do theseH428 animals in frontH6440 of you belong?’ 18then you shall sayH559, ‘These belong to your servantH5650 JacobH3290; it is a giftH4503 sentH7971 to my lordH113 EsauH6215. And beholdH2009, he alsoH1571 is behindH310 us.’” 19Then he commandedH6680 alsoH1571 the secondH8145 and the thirdH7992, and allH3605 those who followedH1980H310 the flocksH5739, sayingH559, “In thisH2088 wayH1697 you shall speakH1696 to EsauH6215 when you findH4672 him; 20and you shall sayH559, ‘BeholdH2009, your servantH5650 JacobH3290 alsoH1571 is behindH310 us.’” For he saidH559, “I will appeaseH3722H6440 him with the giftH4503 that goesH1980 aheadH6440 of me. Then afterwardH310H3651 I will seeH7200 his faceH6440; perhapsH194 he will acceptH5375H6440 me.” 21So the giftH4503 passedH5674 onH5674 aheadH5921H6440 of him, while he himselfH1931 spentH3885 that nightH3915 in the campH4264.

22Now he gotH6965 upH6965 that sameH1931 nightH3915 and tookH3947 his twoH8147 wivesH802, his twoH8147 femaleH8198 slavesH8198, and his elevenH259H6240 childrenH3206, and crossedH5674 the shallowH4569 placeH4569 of the 21JabbokH2999. 23He tookH3947 them and sentH5674 them acrossH5674 the streamH5158. And he sentH5674 acrossH5674 whateverH834 he had. 24Then JacobH3290 was leftH3498 aloneH905, and a manH376 22wrestledH79 with him untilH5704 daybreakH7837. 25When the man sawH7200 that he had not prevailedH3201 against him, he touchedH5060 the socketH3709 of 23Jacob’s hipH3409; and the socketH3709 of Jacob’sH3290 hipH3409 was dislocatedH3363 while he wrestledH79 with him. 26Then he saidH559, “LetH7971 me goH7971, for the dawnH7837 is breakingH5927.” But he saidH559, “24I will not letH7971 you goH7971 unlessH3588H518 you blessH1288 me.” 27So he saidH559 to him, “WhatH4100 is your nameH8034?” And he saidH559, “JacobH3290.” 28Then 25he saidH559, “Your nameH8034 shall noH3808 longerH5750 be JacobH3290, but 26IsraelH3478; for you have contendedH8280 with GodH430 and with menH376, and have prevailedH3201.” 29And 27JacobH3290 askedH7592 him and saidH559, “PleaseH4994 tellH5046 me your nameH8034.” But he saidH559, “WhyH4100 is it that you askH7592 my nameH8034?” And he blessedH1288 him thereH8033. 30So JacobH3290 namedH7121H8034 the placeH4725 28PenielH6439, for he said, “29I have seenH7200 GodH430 faceH6440 to faceH6440, yet my 30lifeH5315 has been 31sparedH5337.” 31Now the sunH8121 roseH2224 upon him justH3512 asH3512 he crossedH5674 overH5674 32PenuelH6439, and he was limpingH6760 on his hipH3409. 32ThereforeH5921H3651, to thisH2088 dayH3117 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 do not eatH398 the tendonH1517 of the hipH5384 whichH834 is on the socketH3709 of the hipH3409, becauseH3588 he touchedH5060 the socketH3709 of Jacob’sH3290 hipH3409 in the tendonH1517 of the hipH5384.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 32:9 Gen 28:13; 31:42 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 32:9 Gen 28:15; 31:3, 13 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 32:9 Lit do good with you ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 32:10 Lit I am less than all ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 32:10 Gen 24:27 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 32:10 I.e., generosity ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 32:10 Or truth ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 32:11 Ps 59:1, 2 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 32:11 Gen 27:41, 42; 33:4 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 32:11 Lit strike ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 32:11 Hos 10:14 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 32:12 Gen 28:14 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 32:12 Lit do good with you ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 32:12 Gen 22:17 ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 32:12 Lit seed ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 32:13 Lit took ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 32:13 Lit had come to his hand ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 32:13 Gen 43:11 ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 32:16 Lit hand ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 32:17 Lit first ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 32:22 Deut 3:16; Josh 12:2 ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 32:24 Hos 12:3, 4 ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 32:25 Lit his ↩
  24. 24. Genesis 32:26 Hos 12:4 ↩
  25. 25. Genesis 32:28 Gen 35:10; 1 Kin 18:31 ↩
  26. 26. Genesis 32:28 I.e., he who contends with God; or God contends ↩
  27. 27. Genesis 32:29 Judg 13:17, 18 ↩
  28. 28. Genesis 32:30 I.e., the face of God ↩
  29. 29. Genesis 32:30 Gen 16:13; Ex 24:10, 11; 33:20; Num 12:8; Judg 6:22; 13:22 ↩
  30. 30. Genesis 32:30 Lit soul ↩
  31. 31. Genesis 32:30 Lit saved ↩
  32. 32. Genesis 32:31 Judg 8:8 ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 32

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