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Now Jacobוְיַעֲקֹבwentהָלַךְon his way,לְדַרְכּוֹand angelsוַ מַלְאֲכֵיof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםmetיִּפְגְּעוּhim.בוֹ
Genesis 32:1
Study it in the app“Now Jacob went on his way, and angels of Elohim met him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:1, word by word
- Now Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- wentהָלַךְhalach
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halach” appears- on his wayדַרְכּdark
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “dark” appears- and angelsמַלְאֲכֵיmalache
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malache” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- metיִּפְגְּעוּyifgu
meet
To go to meet someone and reach him.
Where else “yifgu” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Jacob said when he saw them, “This is the camp of Elohim!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
To study Genesis 32 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jacob do before meeting Esau, and what happened to him at the Jabbok (vv. 7-24)?
2. What it means
What is the meaning of Jacob receiving the name Israel (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
What fear can you bring honestly to Elohim in prayer today?