Genesis 32:23

23 He got them safely across the brook along with all his possessions.

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 So his gifts went before him while he settled down for the night in the camp.
22 But during the night he got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven children and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
23 He got them safely across the brook along with all his possessions.
24 But Jacob stayed behind by himself, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
25 When the man saw that he couldn't get the best of Jacob as they wrestled, he deliberately threw Jacob's hip out of joint.
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