Gênesis 32:7-17

7 Jacó teve muito medo e ficou aflito; dividiu em dois bandos o povo que estava com ele, bem como os rebanhos, os bois e os camelos;

8 pois dizia: Se Esaú vier a um bando e o ferir, o outro bando escapará.

9 Disse mais Jacó: o Deus de meu pai Abraão, Deus de meu pai Isaque, ó Senhor, que me disseste: Volta para a tua terra, e para a tua parentela, e eu te farei bem!

10 Não sou digno da menor de todas as tuas beneficências e de toda a fidelidade que tens usado para com teu servo; porque com o meu cajado passei este Jordão, e agora volto em dois bandos.

11 Livra-me, peço-te, da mão de meu irmão, da mão de Esaú, porque eu o temo; acaso não venha ele matar-me, e a mãe com os filhos.

12 Pois tu mesmo disseste: Certamente te farei bem, e farei a tua descendência como a areia do mar, que pela multidão não se pode contar.

13 Passou ali aquela noite; e do que tinha tomou um presente para seu irmão Esaú:

14 duzentas cabras e vinte bodes, duzentas ovelhas e vinte carneiros,

15 trinta camelas de leite com suas crias, quarenta vacas e dez touros, vinte jumentas e dez jumentinhos.

16 Então os entregou nas mãos dos seus servos, cada manada em separado; e disse a seus servos: Passai adiante de mim e ponde espaço entre manada e manada.

17 E ordenou ao primeiro, dizendo: Quando Esaú, meu irmão, te encontrar e te perguntar: De quem és, e para onde vais, e de quem são estes diante de ti?

Gênesis 32:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 32

This chapter informs us of Jacob's proceeding on in his journey, and of his being met and guarded by an host of angels, Ge 32:1,2; of his sending messengers to his brother Esau, acquainting him with his increase, and desiring his favour and good will, Ge 32:3-5, who return and report to him, that Esau was coming to him with four hundred men, which put him into a panic, and after devising ways and means for the security of himself; and those with him, at least a part, if not the whole, Ge 32:6-8; then follows a prayer of his to God, pressing his unworthiness of mercies, and his sense of them, imploring deliverance from his brother, and putting the Lord in mind of his promises, Ge 32:9-12; after which we have an account of the wise methods he took for the safety of himself and family, by sending a present to his brother, dividing those who had the charge of it into separate companies, and directing them to move at a proper distance from each other, he, his wives and children, following after, Ge 32:13-23; when they were over the brook Jabbok, he stopped, and being alone, the Son of God in an human form appeared to him, and wrestled with him, with whom Jacob prevailed, and got the blessing, and hence had the name of Israel, Ge 32:24-28; and though he could not get his name, he perceived it was a divine Person he had wrestled with, and therefore called the name of the place Penuel, Ge 32:29-31; the hollow of his thigh being touched by him with whom he wrestled, which put it out of joint, he halted as he went over Penuel, in commemoration of which the children of Israel eat not of that part of the thigh, Ge 32:31,32.