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He took themוַיִּקָּחֵםand sent them acrossוַיַּעֲבִרֵםthe stream,אֶת הַנָּחַלand he sent acrossוַיַּעֲבֵרwhatאֶת אֲשֶׁרhe had.לוֹ
Genesis 32:23
Study it in the app“He took them and sent them across the stream, and he sent across what he had.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:23, word by word
- He took themיִּקָּחֵyikache
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikache” appears- and sent them acrossיַּעֲבִרֵyaavire
bring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “yaavire” appears- the streamנָּחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears
The context
22He rose that night and took his two wives, his two slave women, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
23 · This verse (above)
24And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the dawn came up.
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?