Study it in the app“And you shall say, ‘Also, look, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he said to himself, “I will appease him with the gift that goes ahead of me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.””
And you shall say,וַאֲמַרְתֶּם‘Also,גַּםlook,הִנֵּהyour servantעַבְדְּךָJacobיַעֲקֹבis behind us.’”אַחֲרֵינוּForכִּיhe said to himself,אָמַר“I will appeaseאֲכַפְּרָהhimפָנָיוwith the giftבַּמִּנְחָהthat goesהַהֹלֶכֶתahead of me,לְפָנָיand afterwardוְאַחֲרֵי כֵןI will seeאֶרְאֶהhis face;פָנָיוperhapsאוּלַיhe will accept me.”יִשָּׂא פָנָי
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appearsJacob
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” appearsappease
To calm someone, or cancel a covenant.
Where else “achapra” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appearsgift
A gift for an important person.
Where else “mincha” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holechet” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appearsperhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appearstake
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “yisa” appearsThe Hebrew repeats “face” (panim) four times: “I will cover his face with the gift that goes before my face, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will lift up my face.” The same word forms the name Peniel (32:30).
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.
20 · This verse (above)
21So the gift passed on ahead of him, while he spent the night that night in the camp.
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?
