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He spent the nightוַיָּלֶןthereשָׁםthatהַהוּאnight,בַּלַּיְלָהand he tookוַיִּקַּחfrom whatמִן הַhad comeבָּאinto his handבְיָדוֹa giftמִנְחָהfor Esauלְעֵשָׂוhis brother:אָחִיו
Genesis 32:13
Study it in the app“He spent the night there that night, and he took from what had come into his hand a gift for Esau his brother:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:13, word by word
- He spent the nightיָּלֶןyalen
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “yalen” appears- nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- and he tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- had comeבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- into his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- a giftמִנְחָהmincha
gift
A gift for an important person.
Where else “mincha” appears- for 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- his brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears
The context
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.’”
13 · This verse (above)
14two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
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?