So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
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So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
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So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
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(32-22) So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 32:21 So went the present over before him:…
Gen 32:21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
Ver. 21. And himself lodged that night.] But lay upon thorns, and had little rest.
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“Eις εστι δουλος οικιας, ο δερποτης”
The master is the greatest servant in the house, and hath most business. This verse did so please Luther, that he translated it in certain Dutch rhymes. {a}
{a} Jo. Manlii, loc. com.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So went the present over before him,.... Over the…
So went the present over before him,.... Over the brook Jabbok, after mentioned, the night before Jacob did:
and himself lodged that night in the company; or "in the camp" (c), either in the place called Mahanaim, from the hosts or crowds of angels seen there; or rather in his own camp, his family and servants; or, as Aben Ezra distinguishes, in the camp with his servants, and not in his tent, lest his brother should come and smite him; and so Nachmanides.
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(c) "in castris", Vatablus, Drusius, Schmidt; "in acie sua", Junius & Tremellius; "in exercitu", Piscator.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain himself lodged--not the whole night, but only a part…
himself lodged--not the whole night, but only a part of it.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 21. That night — The night following the day…
21. That night — The night following the day on which the messengers returned from Esau. Gen_32:6. His successive movements seem to have been as follows: 1) Report of Esau’s coming. 2) Great fear and excitement, and first plans and arrangements for escape. Gen_32:7. 3) He betakes himself to earnest prayer. Gen_32:9 to Gen_12:4) Having encamped for the night, he selects the present for Esau, and sends it on at once, over the ford, while he proposes to stay all night in the encampment. Gen_32:13 to Gen_21:5) After the present has passed over, he is restless still, and rises up that same night, and sees his wives and all his family safely over the Jabbok, he only remaining behind. Gen_32:22-24.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. company] Lit. “camp”; cf. Gen_32:7.
21. company] Lit. “camp”; cf. Gen_32:7.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 21-23. So (literally, and) went the present over…
Vers. 21-23. So (literally, and) went the present over Before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. And he rose up that night, i.e. some time before daybreak (vide ver. 24) and took his two wives, and him two women servants (Bilhah and Zilpah), and his eleven sons (Dinah being not mentioned in accordance with the common usage of the Bible), and passed over the ford the word signifies a place of passing over. Tristram ("Land of Israel," p. 558) speaks of the strong current reaching the horses girths at the ford crossed by himself and twenty horsemenJabbok. Jabbok, from bakak, to empty, to pour forth (Kalisch), or from abak, to struggle (Keil), may have been so named either from the natural appearance of the river, or, as is more probable, by prolepsis from the wrestling which took place upon its banks. It is now called the Wady Zerka, or Blue River, which flows into the Jordan, nearly opposite Shechem, and midway between the Lake Tiberias and the Dead Sea. The stream is rapid, and often Completely hidden by the dense mass of oleander which fringes its banks ("Land of Israel," p. 558). And he took them, and sent them (literally, caused them to pass) over the brook, and sent over that he had himself remaining on the north side (Delitzsch, Keil, Kurtz, Murphy, Gerlach, Wordsworth, Alford), although, having once crossed the stream (ver. 22), it is not perfectly apparent that he recrossed, which has led some to argue that the wrestling occurred on the south of the river (Knobel, Rosenm Lange, Kalisch).
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Himself lodged that night in the company
Gen_32:21-23
Himself lodged that night in the company
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Honest hearts do not only intend good, but see it done, before they rest.
2. Means lawful being used for safety, men may better lie down in peace.
3. It behoveth masters of families to rest among the charge, when it may be (Gen_32:21).
4. Diligence and early care of theirs becomes Governors of families in times of danger.
5. Wives and children are the chiefest matter of a mans care and providence.
6. It is fatherly care to see as much as they can wives and children past danger (Gen_32:22).
7. It is the duty of the father of the family to order the motions of all under him.
8. After wives and children, substance is to be cared for, to keep it safe, for subsistence (Gen_32:23). (G. Hughes, B. D.)
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