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then you shall say,וְאָמַרְתָּ‘They are your servant’s,לְעַבְדְּךָJacob’s.לְיַעֲקֹבItהִואis a giftמִנְחָהsentשְׁלוּחָהto my lord,לַאדֹנִיto Esau;לְעֵשָׂוand look,וְהִנֵּהheהוּאtooגַםis behind us.’”אַחֲרֵינוּ
Genesis 32:18
Study it in the app“then 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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:18, word by word
- then you shall sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- ‘They are your servant’sעַבְדְּavd
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appears- Jacob’sיַעֲקֹבyaakov
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- is a giftמִנְחָהmincha
gift
A gift for an important person.
Where else “mincha” appears- sentשְׁלוּחָהshelucha
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelucha” appears- to my lordאדֹנִdoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “doni” appears- to 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
The context
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?’
18 · This verse (above)
19He commanded also the second, also the third, and also all who were going after the herds, saying, “According to this word you shall speak to Esau when you find him.
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?