Study it in the app“Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and look, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two slave women.”
Jacob bows before Esau, and Esau runs to embrace himConflict and Reconciliation
Jacobיַעֲקֹבliftedוַיִּשָּׂאhis eyesעֵינָיוand looked,וַיַּרְאand look,וְהִנֵּהEsauעֵשָׂוwas coming,בָּאand with himוְעִמּוֹfourאַרְבַּעhundredמֵאוֹתmen.אִישׁSo he dividedוַיַּחַץthe childrenאֶת הַיְלָדִיםamong Leah,עַל לֵאָהRachel,וְעַל רָחֵלand the twoוְעַל שְׁתֵּיslave women.הַשְּׁפָחוֹת
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” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enay” appearsrealize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “yar” appearsEsau
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” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arba” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsdivide
To split into parts, share out.
Where else “yachats” appearschild
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yeladim” appearsLeah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appearsRachel
Rachel, younger daughter of Laban, Jacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Her name means "ewe".
Where else “rachel” appearsboth
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shete” appearsfemale slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shefachot” appears1 · This verse (above)
2He put the slave women and their children first, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last.
1. What it says
How did Esau receive Jacob when they met (v. 4)?
2. What it means
What does this meeting show compared with what Jacob had feared (vv. 4, 10)?
3. How I live it
With whom could you take a step toward reconciliation today?
