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Deliver me,הַצִּילֵנִיplease,נָאfrom the handמִיַּדof my brother,אָחִיfrom the handמִיַּדof Esau,עֵשָׂוforכִּיIאָנֹכִיfearיָרֵאhim,אֹתוֹlestפֶּןhe comeיָבוֹאand strike me,וְהִכַּנִיthe mothersאֵםwithעַלthe children.בָּנִים
Genesis 32:11
Study it in the app“Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, the mothers with the children.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:11, word by word
- Deliver meהַצִּילֵhatsile
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsile” appears- from the handיַּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of my brotherאָחִachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- of Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears- fearיָרֵאyare
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yare” appears- he comeיָבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- and strike meהִכַּhika
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hika” appears- the mothersאֵםem
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “em” appears- the childrenבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears
The context
10I am too small for all the acts of loyal love and all the faithfulness that you have shown your servant; for with my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
11 · This verse (above)
12But you said, ‘I will surely deal well with you and make your offspring like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted because of its abundance.’”
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?