Study it in the app“Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, the cattle, and the camels, into two camps.”
Jacobיַעֲקֹבwas greatly afraidוַיִּירָא מְאֹדand distressed.וַיֵּצֶר לוֹHe dividedוַיַּחַץthe peopleאֶת הָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with him,אִתּוֹand the flocks,וְאֶת הַצֹּאןthe cattle,וְאֶת הַבָּקָרand the camels,וְהַגְּמַלִּיםinto twoלִשְׁנֵיcamps.מַחֲנוֹת
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” appearsfear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “yira” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsbe distressed
To feel squeezed by fear or sorrow.
Where else “yetser” appearsdivide
To split into parts, share out.
Where else “yachats” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearscattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appearscamel
Camel.
Where else “gemalim” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machanot” appears6The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother, to Esau, and he is also coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”
7 · This verse (above)
8For he said, “If Esau comes to the one camp and strikes it, then the camp that is left will escape.”
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?
