Study it in the app“He lifted his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children with whom Elohim has favored your servant.””
Jacob introduces to Esau the children God has graciously given himParents and Children
He liftedוַיִּשָּׂאhis eyesאֶת עֵינָיוand sawוַיַּרְאthe womenאֶת הַנָּשִׁיםand the children,וְאֶת הַיְלָדִיםand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whoמִיare theseאֵלֶּהwith you?”לָּךְHe said,וַיֹּאמַר“The childrenהַיְלָדִיםwith whomאֲשֶׁרElohimאֱלֹהִיםhas favoredחָנַןyour servant.”אֶת עַבְדֶּךָ
lift 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” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearschild
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yeladim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsshow favor
To treat someone with undeserved kindness.
Where else “chanan” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avde” appears4But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.
5 · This verse (above)
6Then the slave women came near, they and their children, and bowed down.
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?
