Genesis 32:1
New International Version
Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

New Living Translation
As Jacob started on his way again, angels of God came to meet him.

English Standard Version
Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

Berean Standard Bible
Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

King James Bible
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

New King James Version
So Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

New American Standard Bible
Now as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him.

NASB 1995
Now as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him.

NASB 1977
Now as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

Amplified Bible
Then as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him [to reassure and protect him].

Christian Standard Bible
Jacob went on his way, and God’s angels met him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jacob went on his way, and God’s angels met him.

American Standard Version
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Also Yaquuv went his way and the Angels of God met with him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.

Contemporary English Version
As Jacob was on his way back home, some of God's angels came and met him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jacob also went on the journey he had begun: and the angels of God met him.

English Revised Version
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As Jacob went on his way, God's angels met him.

Good News Translation
As Jacob went on his way, some angels met him.

International Standard Version
As Jacob went on his way, angels from God met him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

Literal Standard Version
And Jacob has gone on his way, and messengers of God come on him;

Majority Standard Bible
Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

New American Bible
Meanwhile Jacob continued on his own way, and God’s angels encountered him.

NET Bible
So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him.

New Revised Standard Version
Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him;

New Heart English Bible
Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

World English Bible
Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jacob hath gone on his way, and messengers of God come upon him;

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Context
Jacob's Fear of Esau
1Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.…

Cross References
2 Kings 6:16
"Do not be afraid," Elisha answered, "for those who are with us are more than those who are with them."

2 Kings 6:17
Then Elisha prayed, "O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see." And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

Psalm 34:7
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.


Treasury of Scripture

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

angels.

Psalm 91:11
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

Hebrews 1:4
Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

1 Corinthians 3:22
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

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Genesis 32
1. Jacob's vision at Mahanaim.
3. His message to Esau.
6. He is afraid of Esau's coming.
9. He prays for deliverance.
13. He sends a present to Esau, and passes the brook Jabbok.
24. He wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel.
31. He halts.














XXXII.

(1) Jacob went on his way.--The meeting of Jacob and Laban had been on the dividing line between the Aramean and the Canaanite lands, and consequently at a spot where Laban would have found no allies in the natives, but rather the contrary. Delivered thus from danger from behind, Jacob now takes his journey through the country that was to be the heritage of his seed, and doubtless he was harassed by many anxious thoughts; for Esau might prove a fiercer foe than Laban. It was fit therefore that he should receive encouragement, and so after some days, probably after about a week's journey southward, he has a vision of "angels of God."

Angels of God.--Numberless conjectures have been hazarded as to who were these "messengers of Elohim," and how they were seen by Jacob. Some, taking the word in its lower sense, think they were prophets; others, that it was a caravan, which gave Jacob timely information about Esau's presence in Seir; others, that it was a body of men sent by Rebekah to aid Jacob in repelling Esau. More probably, as Jacob on his road to Padan-aram had been assured of God's watchful care of him by the vision of the angels ascending and descending the stairs, so now also in a dream he sees the angels encamped on each side of him, to assure him of protection against his brother.

Verse 1. - And Jacob (after Laban's departure) went on his way (from Galeed and Mizpah, in a southerly direction towards the Jabbok), and the angels of God - literally, the messengers of Elohim, not chance travelers who informed him of Esau's being in the vicinity (Abarbanel), but angels (cf. Psalm 104:4) - met him. Not necessarily came in an opposite direction, fuerunt ei obviam (Vulgate), but simply fell in with him, lighted on him as in Genesis 28:11, συνήντησαν αὐτῶ (LXX.), forgathered with him (Scottish); but whether this was in a waking vision (Kurtz, Keil, Inglis) or a midnight dream (Hengstenberg) is uncertain, though-the two former visions enjoyed by Jacob were at night (cf. Genesis 28:12; Genesis 31:10). Cajetan, approved by Pererius, translating בּו "in him," makes it appear that the vision was purely subjective, non fuisse visionem corporalem, sed internam: the clause interpolated by the LXX., καὶ ἀναβλέψας εἰδε παρεμβολὴν θεοῦ παρμεβεβληκυῖαν, seems rather to point to an objective manifestation. The appearance of this invisible host may have been designed to celebrate Jacob's triumph over Laban, as after Christ's victory over Satan in the wilderness angels came and ministered unto him (Rupertus, Wordsworth), or to remind him that he owed his deliverance to Divine interposition (Calvin, Bush, Lange), but was more probably intended to assure him of protection in his approaching interview with Esau (Josephus, Chrysostom, Rosenmüller, Keil, Murphy, 'Speaker's Commentary'), and perhaps also to give him welcome in returning home again to Canaan (Kurtz), if not in addition to suggest that his descendants would require to fight for their inheritance (Kalisch).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Jacob also
וְיַעֲקֹ֖ב (wə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

went
הָלַ֣ךְ (hā·laḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

on his way,
לְדַרְכּ֑וֹ (lə·ḏar·kōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

and the angels
מַלְאֲכֵ֥י (mal·’ă·ḵê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

of God
אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

met him.
וַיִּפְגְּעוּ־ (way·yip̄·gə·‘ū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6293: To impinge, by accident, violence, by importunity


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