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Genesis 32:23 KJV
Genesis · chapter 32 · verse 23
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.Genesis 32:23 · King James Version
Genesis 32:23 in context
21So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brooknachala stream, especially a winter torrentH5158 →
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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