Genesis 32:23

23 And when all things that pertained to him were led over, (And then he returned, and saw that everything had been taken over,)

Genesis 32:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 32:23

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 or goods.

Genesis 32:23 In-Context

21 And so the gifts went before him; soothly he dwelled in that night in the tents.
22 And when Jacob had risen hastily, he took his two wives, and so many handmaids, with (his) eleven sons, and he passed (over) the ford of Jabbok. (And during the night Jacob rose up, and hastily he took his two wives, and the two slave-girls, and his eleven sons, and they all crossed over the ford of Jabbok, or the Jabbok Crossing.)
23 And when all things that pertained to him were led over, (And then he returned, and saw that everything had been taken over,)
24 (and) Jacob dwelled (there) alone, and, lo! a man (came, and) wrestled with him till to the morrowtide.
25 And when the man saw that he might not overcome Jacob, he touched the sinew of Jacob's hip, and it dried anon (and it dried up at once).
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