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Genesis 32:5

Genesis 32:5
And 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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants,.... This he would have said, lest he should think he was come to ask anything of him, and put himself and his family upon him;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 32:1-32

- 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.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 32:3-8

Now that Jacob was re-entering Canaan God, by the vision of angels, reminded him of the friends he had when he left it, and thence he takes occasion to remind himself of the enemies he had,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

find grace Cf. Gen 18:3; Gen 33:8; Gen 33:15; Gen 34:11; Gen 47:25. Jacob hopes to be reconciled and desires to propitiate his brother. He has not forgotten his brother's threats (Gen 27:41).