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Selected Verse: Genesis 33:1 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ge 33:1 |
Strong Concordance |
And Jacob [03290] lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869], and looked [07200], and, behold, Esau [06215] came [0935], and with him four [0702] hundred [03967] men [0376]. And he divided [02673] the children [03206] unto Leah [03812], and unto Rachel [07354], and unto the two [08147] handmaids [08198]. |
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King James |
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
KINDNESS OF JACOB AND ESAU. (Gen 33:1-11)
behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men--Jacob having crossed the ford and ranged his wives and children in order--the dearest last, that they might be the least exposed to danger--awaited the expected interview. His faith was strengthened and his fears gone (Psa 27:3). Having had power to prevail with God, he was confident of the same power with man, according to the promise (compare Gen 32:28). |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Meeting with Esau. - As Jacob went forward, he saw Esau coming to meet him with his 400 mean. He then arranged his wives and children in such a manner, that the maids with their children went first, Leah with hers in the middle, and Rachel with Joseph behind, thus forming a long procession. But he himself went in front, and met Esau with sevenfold obeisance. ארצה ישׁתּחוּ does not denote complete prostration, like ארצה אפּים in Gen 19:1, but a deep Oriental bow, in which the head approaches the ground, but does not touch it. By this manifestation of deep reverence, Jacob hoped to win his brother's heart. He humbled himself before him as the elder, with the feeling that he had formerly sinned against him. Esau, on the other hand, "had a comparatively better, but not so tender a conscience." At the sight of Jacob he was carried away by the natural feelings of brotherly affection, and running up to him, embraced him, fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept. The puncta extraordinaria above ישּׁקהוּ are probably intended to mark the word as suspicious. They "are like a note of interrogation, questioning the genuineness of this kiss; but without any reason" (Del.). Even if there was still some malice in Esau's heart, it was overcome by the humility with which his brother met him, so that he allowed free course to the generous emotions of his heart; all the more, because the "roving life" which suited his nature had procured him such wealth and power, that he was quite equal to his brother in earthly possessions. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men - It has been generally supposed that Esau came with an intention to destroy his brother, and for that purpose brought with him four hundred armed men. But, 1. There is no kind of evidence of this pretended hostility. 2. There is no proof that the four hundred men that Esau brought with him were at all armed. 3. But there is every proof that he acted towards his brother Jacob with all openness and candour, and with such a forgetfulness of past injuries as none but a great mind could have been capable of. Why then should the character of this man be perpetually vilified? Here is the secret. With some people, on the most ungrounded assumption, Esau is a reprobate, and the type and figure of all reprobates, and therefore he must be everything that is bad. This serves a system; but, whether true or false in itself, it has neither countenance nor support from the character or conduct of Esau. |
28 And he said [0559], Thy name [08034] shall be called [0559] no more Jacob [03290], but Israel [03478]: for as a prince hast thou power [08280] with God [0430] and with men [0582], and hast prevailed [03201].
3 Though an host [04264] should encamp [02583] against me, my heart [03820] shall not fear [03372]: though war [04421] should rise [06965] against me, in this will I be confident [0982].
1 And Jacob [03290] lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869], and looked [07200], and, behold, Esau [06215] came [0935], and with him four [0702] hundred [03967] men [0376]. And he divided [02673] the children [03206] unto Leah [03812], and unto Rachel [07354], and unto the two [08147] handmaids [08198].
2 And he put [07760] the handmaids [08198] and their children [03206] foremost [07223], and Leah [03812] and her children [03206] after [0314], and Rachel [07354] and Joseph [03130] hindermost [0314].
3 And he passed over [05674] before them [06440], and bowed himself [07812] to the ground [0776] seven [07651] times [06471], until he came near [05066] to his brother [0251].
4 And Esau [06215] ran [07323] to meet him [07125], and embraced [02263] him, and fell [05307] on his neck [06677], and kissed him [05401]: and they wept [01058].
5 And he lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869], and saw [07200] the women [0802] and the children [03206]; and said [0559], Who are those [0428] with thee? And he said [0559], The children [03206] which God [0430] hath graciously given [02603] thy servant [05650].
6 Then the handmaidens [08198] came near [05066], they and their children [03206], and they bowed themselves [07812].
7 And Leah [03812] also with her children [03206] came near [05066], and bowed themselves [07812]: and after [0310] came [05066] Joseph [03130] near [05066] and Rachel [07354], and they bowed [07812] themselves.
8 And he said [0559], What meanest thou by all this drove [04264] which I met [06298]? And he said [0559], These are to find [04672] grace [02580] in the sight [05869] of my lord [0113].
9 And Esau [06215] said [0559], I have [03426] enough [07227], my brother [0251]; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
10 And Jacob [03290] said [0559], Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found [04672] grace [02580] in thy sight [05869], then receive [03947] my present [04503] at my hand [03027]: for therefore I have seen [07200] thy face [06440], as though I had seen [07200] the face [06440] of God [0430], and thou wast pleased with me [07521].
11 Take [03947], I pray thee, my blessing [01293] that is brought [0935] to thee; because God [0430] hath dealt graciously with me [02603], and because [03605] I have [03426] enough [03605]. And he urged [06484] him, and he took [03947] it.
1 And there came [0935] two [08147] angels [04397] to Sodom [05467] at even [06153]; and Lot [03876] sat [03427] in the gate [08179] of Sodom [05467]: and Lot [03876] seeing [07200] them rose up [06965] to meet [07125] them; and he bowed [07812] himself with his face [0639] toward the ground [0776];