T3. p Ir is obſervable,that Jacob direQts his prayers to God immediate- ly,and not to the Angels, though now, if ever, he had reaſon and obligation to do ſo, from their viſible apparition to him for his ſuc- cor and comfort. = 1o + I amnot worthy of the leaſt of all the mercies, + Heb. 7 and of all the truth, which thou haſt ſhewed unto thy ,,, fe ſervantg: for with my ſtaff, I paſſed over this Jordan :han all, s, and now I am become two bands z. wr: q In fulfilling thyp :iſes made to me ; and much more am I unworthy of thoſe furti mercies which I am now about to beg of thee. r Having nothing, "ith me bur.my travelling ſtaff for my * ſupport. s Or, that Jors cither which I now ſee, as being at this time upon an high hi!' ; or, which my mind is ſer upon, as that river which I am going ©» repaſs,that I may go t6 my Father, and to that good Land which thou haſt given to:me and mine for ever. #t Or, two Troops, or companies; into which he had now 4di- vided his people and cattle, wer. 7. *- x8 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Eſau : for Ifear him,leſt he + p5.1,; | | will come, and {mite me, and the mother, + with the »pon. children u, * ; u A proverbialſpeech, noting a total deſtrution. Compare De. 22: 6. Hoſ: 10:4. | 12 And* thou faidft, T will ſurely do thee good,and make thy ſeedas the ſand of the ſea, which cannor be numbred for multitude, . | 2A | 13 And he lodged there that ſame night,. and took of that which came ig his hand x, a preſent for Eſau his brother : 008 x Either that which was -in his hand and power; 6r rather, that which was neareſt ar hand, and moſt ready for him, becauſe the ap- proaching night, and his own great fear, gave him not leave to make ſo ſcrupulous a choice as otherwiſe he would have made,
14 Twohundred ſhe-goats, and twenty be-goats,two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, |
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts,fourty kine, and ten bulls, twenty (he-afles, and ten foals. .
16 And he delivered :hem into the hand of his ſe:= vants, every drove by themſelves, and faid unto his ſer= vants, Paſs over before me; and put a ſpace berwixt drove and drove y. |
» That his gift might be repreſented to Eſau with moſt advantage; and his mind mighr by little and little be ſweetned towards hims
17 And he commanded the foremoſt ſaying, When Eſau my brother miceteth thee, and asketh thee, ſaying; Whole artthou ? and whither goeſt thou > and whoſe are theſe before thee ?
13 Then thou ſhalt ſay, They be thy ſervant Ja- cob's : itis a preſent ſent unto my lord Eſau : and be< hold alſo, he is behind us z.
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I9 And fo commanded he the ſecond, and the third, and all that followed the droves,ſaying, On this mannec {ball you ſpeak unto Eſau, when you find him.
20 And fay 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 ſce his face: peradventure he will accept} of me b.__
a Heb. appeaſe or allay his anger : for the Hebrew word panim ſig- nifies both anger, as Pſal: 21.9. and 34. 16. and face, as every where; becauſe a mans anger is moſt diſcernable in his face or counte- nance, Prov: 21:.14. b Heb. will lift up my face 'or countenance, whiclt now is dejetted with the ſenſe of his diſpleaſure. Compare Gen:4: 6: or, will accept of my perſon, as this phraſe is oft uſed. ,
21 So wentthe preſent over before him : and himſelf lodged that night in the company, INS
28 And he roſe up that night, and took his two wives,and his two women-ſervants,and his eleven ſons
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c, and paſled over the foord Jabbok 4. | c And Pinah, though ſhe be not htzre mentioned ; as the women are oft omitted inScripture,as being comprehended under the men: a4 Which is here generally related, but the time and manner of it is particularly deſcribed inthe following verſes. Of this Foord Jab- bok ſce Numb: 21; 24: Deut: 3: 16; |
23 And he took them,and ſcent them over the brook, and ſentover thathe had.|- | '
24 And Jacob wasleft alone e: and there wreſtle a | Hell 2 man f with him, until che + breaking of the day, cending of e In ſomeprivate place, it matters not on which fide Fabbok,that the morning. he might more freely and ardently pour our his ſoul unto .God.f AA.
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a As was uſual at the parting of Friends. See the Note on Gen. 29. 11. 6 Butindeed Jacob took the wiſeſt courſe for the ſecurity ofhis Perſon and Eſtate, eſpecially having the dire&ion.and pro- re&ion of God in it. ;
29 Iris in the power of my hand to do you hurt : but the God of yourfather c ſpake unto me yeſternight, ſaying, Take thou heed, that thou ſpeak not to Jacob cither good or bad. ; |
c Iſaac or Abraham,by which he diſowns him for his God,and ta- citly reproacheth him with 'the novelty of his Religion which was firlt brought in by his Father.) Compare wer. 53.
o And now though thou wouldit needs be gone,be- cauſe thou ſore longedſt after thy father's houſe ; yer wherefore haſt thou ſtollen my gods 4?
4 Laban could not bs ſo ſenſeleſs, as to take thoſe for true gods which could be ſtollen away ; but he called them - gods, becauſe they werethe meansor repreſentations whereby he worſhipped his
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; 21 AndJacob anſwered and ſaid to Laban, Becauſe T wasafraid: for I ſaid, Peradventure thou wouldft take by force thy daughters frommes:
22 With whomſoever thou findeſt thy gods, * let bim not livee: before our brethren decern thou what is thine with me, -and take it to thee: for Jacob knew not that Rachel had ſtollen them.
e I give my conſent that he ſhall die by the hands of Juſtice.
A raſh and inconſiderate Sentence. : ; L 22 And Laban wentinte Jacob's tent, and into Le