And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
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Gill's Exposition
And he took them, and sent them over the brook,.... His wives and children, under the care of some of his servants:
and sent over that he had: all that belonged to him, his servants and his cattle…
- Jacob Wrestles in Prayer 3. מחנים machănāyı̂m, Machanaim, “two camps.” 22. יבק yaboq, Jabboq; related: בקק bāqaq “gush or gurgle out” or אבק 'ābaq in niphal, “wrestle.” Now Wady Zurka. 29.…
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;…
Cambridge Bible
the stream The Jabbok is called a "stream" (naḥal) in Deu 3:16; Jos 12:2. On the word rendered "stream," see note on Gen 26:17.