Jacob Leaves Laban, Laban Pursues Jacob, The Covenant At Galeed

[Walter and Deborah]

Sunday 11-1-20 Cheshvan 14, 5781 1st. day of the weekly cycle, 

41st. Fall Day

 

Jacob Leaves Laban: Genesis Thirty One:1-21, Laban Pursues Jacob 22-35,

The Covenant At Galeed 36-55

 

Genesis Thirty One:1-55  

 

Jacob For Encountering Esau Genesis Thirty Two:1-21, Jacob Wrestles At Peniel 22-32

 

◄ Genesis Thirty Two ►

King James Bible Par ▾

 

Jacob's Fear of Esau

 

1And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

 

3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: 5And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

 

6And 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. 7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; 8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

 

9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 10I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. 11Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. 12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

 

13And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 14Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 16And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 18Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

 

19And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. 20And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. 21So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

 

Jacob Wrestles with God

 

22And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. 23And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

 

24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

 

29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

 

Love always, Walter and Debbie

[Tzephanyahu]

Shalom @Walter and Deborah

This, for me, is one of the most mysterious passages in the whole Bible and I'm not sure I understand it at all...

42 minutes ago, Walter and Deborah said:

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

 

29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

The questions I have are:

1. Did Jacob know He was an Angel before wrestling Him?
2. Why did they wrestle?
3. How is it that weak Jacob was prevailing against an Angel?
4. Why did the Angel want to go before day break?
5. Why is the place Peniel in verse 30 but Penuel in verse 31?

I don't know if there are answers to these questions, we might never know.  However, if someone has some insight it would be interesting to read.

Love & Shalom

[Walter and Deborah]

10 hours ago, Tzephanyahu said:

Shalom @Walter and Deborah

This, for me, is one of the most mysterious passages in the whole Bible and I'm not sure I understand it at all...

The questions I have are:

1. Did Jacob know He was an Angel before wrestling Him?
2. Why did they wrestle?
3. How is it that weak Jacob was prevailing against an Angel?
4. Why did the Angel want to go before day break?
5. Why is the place Peniel in verse 30 but Penuel in verse 31?

I don't know if there are answers to these questions, we might never know.  However, if someone has some insight it would be interesting to read.

Love & Shalom

Just maybe this will help:

https://www.studylight.org/commentary/genesis/32-24.html

After reading this commentary, Any other? thanks.

Walter