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Genesis 32:16 KJV
Genesis · chapter 32 · verse 16
And 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.Genesis 32:16 · King James Version
Genesis 32:16 in context
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- deliverednâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- betwixtbêynbetweenH996 →
- droveʻêderan arrangementH5739 →
- spacerevachroom, literally or figurativelyH7305 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
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Jacob, having piously made God his friend by a prayer, is here prudently endeavouring to make Esau his friend by a present. He had prayed to God to deliver him from the had of Esau, for he feared him;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-23