Study it in the app“He 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?’”
He commandedוַיְצַוthe first,אֶת הָרִאשׁוֹןsaying,לֵאמֹר“WhenכִּיEsauעֵשָׂוmy brotherאָחִיmeets youיִפְגָּשְׁךָand asks you,וִשְׁאֵלְךָsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Whoseלְמִיare you,אַתָּהand whereוְאָנָהare you going,תֵלֵךְand whoseוּלְמִיare theseאֵלֶּהahead of you?’לְפָנֶיךָ
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appearsfirst
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appearscommand
To give someone an order with authority, so that it is done.
Where else “mor” appearsEsau
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” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsmeet
Meet someone, come upon, encounter.
Where else “yifgash” appearsask
To ask a question.
Where else “sheel” appearswhere to?
Where? To where?; "how long?"
Where else “ana” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears16He 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.”
17 · This verse (above)
18then you shall say, ‘They are your servant’s, Jacob’s. It is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau; and look, he too is behind us.’”
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?
