New King James Version
Genesis 32:13-23
13So he lodged there that same night, and took what came to his hand as a present for Esau his brother:
14two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
15thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
16Then he delivered them to the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put some distance between successive droves.”
17And he commanded the first one, saying, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going? Whose are these in front of you?’
18then you shall say, ‘They are your servant Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord Esau; and behold, he also is behind us.’ ”
19So he commanded the second, the third, and all who followed the droves, saying, “In this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him;
20and also say, ‘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.”
21So the present went on over before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
22And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of Jabbok.
23He took them, sent them over the brook, and sent over what he had.
Commentaries on Genesis 32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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