Verse | Translation | Text |
Ge 32:6 | Strong Concordance | And the messengers [04397] returned [07725] to Jacob [03290], saying [0559], We came [0935] to thy brother [0251] Esau [06215], and also he cometh [01980] to meet thee [07125], and four hundred [03967] men [0376] with him. |
King James | And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The messengers returned to Jacob--Their report left Jacob in painful uncertainty as to what was his brother's views and feelings. Esau's studied reserve gave him reason to dread the worst. Jacob was naturally timid; but his conscience told him that there was much ground for apprehension, and his distress was all the more aggravated that he had to provide for the safety of a large and helpless family. |