Study it in the app“He put them in the hand of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass on ahead of me, and put a space between herd and herd.””
He put themוַיִּתֵּןin the handבְּיַדof his servants,עֲבָדָיוeach herdעֵדֶר עֵדֶרby itself,לְבַדּוֹand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto his servants,אֶל עֲבָדָיו“Pass onעִבְרוּahead of me,לְפָנַיand putתָּשִׂימוּa spaceוְרֶוַחbetweenבֵּיןherdעֵדֶרand herd.”וּבֵין עֵדֶר
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “yiten” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appearsherd, flock
Herd, flock, drove.
Where else “eder” appearsalone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ivru” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “tasimu” appearsspace
A gap left between one thing and another.
Where else “revach” appears15thirty nursing camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
16 · This verse (above)
17He commanded the first, saying, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you, and where are you going, and whose are these ahead of you?’
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?
