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He roseוַיָּקָםthatהוּאnightבַּלַּיְלָהand tookוַיִּקַּחhis twoאֶת שְׁתֵּיwives,נָשָׁיוhis twoוְאֶת שְׁתֵּיslave women,שִׁפְחֹתָיוand his elevenוְאֶת אַחַד עָשָׂרchildren,יְלָדָיוand crossedוַיַּעֲבֹרthe fordאֵת מַעֲבַרof the Jabbok.יַבֹּק
Genesis 32:22
Study it in the app“He rose that night and took his two wives, his two slave women, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:22, word by word
- He roseיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- and tookיִּקַּחyikach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appears- his twoשְׁתֵּיshete
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appears- wivesנָשָׁיnashay
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashay” appears- slave womenשִׁפְחֹתָיshifchotay
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchotay” appears- and his elevenאַחַדachad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appears- and his elevenעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- childrenיְלָדָיyeladay
son
A son or daughter of someone; his direct offspring.
Where else “yeladay” appears- and crossedיַּעֲבֹרyaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appears- the fordמַעֲבַרmaavar
ford
A shallow place to cross a river.
Where else “maavar” appears- of the Jabbokיַבֹּקyabok
Jabbok
Jabbok, a river that flows into the Jordan from the east. Its name sounds like "wrestle" (yeabeq).
Where else “yabok” appears
The context
21So the gift passed on ahead of him, while he spent the night that night in the camp.
22 · This verse (above)
23He took them and sent them across the stream, and he sent across what he had.
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?