Study it in the app“And Jacob said, “No, please! If indeed I have found favor in your eyes, then take my gift from my hand, since I have seen your face as one sees the face of Elohim, and you have received me favorably.”
And Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבsaid,יֹּאמֶר“No,אַלplease!נָאIfאִםindeedנָאI have foundמָצָאתִיfavorחֵןin your eyes,בְּעֵינֶיךָthen takeוְלָקַחְתָּmy giftמִנְחָתִיfrom my hand,מִיָּדִיsinceכִּי עַל כֵּןI have seenרָאִיתִיyour faceפָנֶיךָas one seesכִּרְאֹתthe faceפְּנֵיof Elohim,אֱלֹהִיםand you have received me favorably.וַתִּרְצֵנִי
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsfind favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “matsati” appearsfavor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsaccept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “lakachta” appearsgift
A gift for an important person.
Where else “minchati” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fane” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsaccept
To gladly receive an offering or someone.
Where else “tirtse” appearsJacob compares seeing Esau’s face with seeing the face of Elohim; it can be understood that being received kindly by his brother was to him like seeing the face of God. The night before he had named the place Peniel, “face of El” (32:30).
9But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother; let what is yours be yours.”
10 · This verse (above)
11Please take my blessing that has been brought to you, for Elohim has favored me and because I have everything.” He urged him, and he took it.
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?
