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Themes in Genesis 32

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Themes in Genesis 32

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Genesis 32:1 (show verse)

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

jacob » Meets angels of God on the journey, and calls the place "mahanaim,"

Genesis 32:2 (show verse)

When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp.” So he called that place Mahanaim.

Angels » Nature » Hosts
jacob » Meets angels of God on the journey, and calls the place "mahanaim,"
Mahanaim » The place where jacob had the vision of angels

Genesis 32:3 (show verse)

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Edom » A name of the land occupied by the descendants of esau » It extended from the elanitic gulf to the red sea, and was also called idumea
Edomites » Land of
Edomites, the » Dwelt in mount seir
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau
Seir » A range of hills southwest of the dead sea » Later inhabited by the descendants of esau after they destroyed the horim people

Genesis 32:4 (show verse)

He commanded them, “You are to say to my lord Esau, ‘This is what your servant Jacob says. I have been staying with Laban and have been delayed until now.

Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau

Genesis 32:5 (show verse)

I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male and female slaves. I have sent this message to inform my lord, in order to seek your favor.’”

Ass (donkey) » Domesticated » Herds of
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau
Riches » Examples of saints possessing » jacob
Servants » Divided into » Male
Servants » Divided into » Female

Genesis 32:6 (show verse)

When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau; he is coming to meet you—and he has 400 men with him.”

Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau

Genesis 32:7 (show verse)

Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; he divided the people with him into two camps, along with the flocks, cattle, and camels.

Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau
Strategy » In war

Genesis 32:8 (show verse)

He thought, “If Esau comes to one camp and attacks it, the remaining one can escape.”

Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau
Strategy » In war

Genesis 32:9 (show verse)

Then Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, ‘Go back to your land and to your family, and I will cause you to prosper,’

jacob » Summary of his character » Prayerful
Prayer » Brevity in prayer examples of brief prayers » Special pleas offered in
Prayer » Plead in the » Promises of God
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prayer » jacob
private Prayer » Exemplified » jacob
The promises of God » Saints » Plead, in prayer
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau

Genesis 32:10 (show verse)

I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps.

Humility » Exemplified » jacob
Humility » Examples of » jacob
jacob » Summary of his character » Prayerful
Jordan » Fords of
Prayer » Plead in the » Promises of God
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prayer » jacob
private Prayer » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau
Riches » Examples of saints possessing » jacob
Travelers » Often traveled on foot
the Truth of God » Exemplified towards » jacob

Genesis 32:11 (show verse)

Please rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid of him; otherwise, he may come and attack me, the mothers, and their children.

jacob » Summary of his character » Prayerful
Prayer » Plead in the » Promises of God
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prayer » jacob
private Prayer » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau

Genesis 32:12 (show verse)

You have said, ‘I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’”

jacob » Summary of his character » Prayerful
Prayer » Plead in the » Promises of God
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prayer » jacob
private Prayer » Exemplified » jacob
The promises of God » Saints » Plead, in prayer
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau

Genesis 32:13 (show verse)

He spent the night there and took part of what he had brought with him as a gift for his brother Esau:

Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Presents » Antiquity of
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau

Genesis 32:14 (show verse)

200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

Goat » Jews had large flocks of
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Presents » Things given as » Cattle
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau

Genesis 32:15 (show verse)

30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

Animals » Names of » Kine
Camel » Uses of » For milk
Milk » Different kinds mentioned » Of camels
Milk » Of camels
Oxen » Includes the » Bull
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Presents » Things given as » Cattle
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau

Genesis 32:16 (show verse)

He entrusted them to his slaves as separate herds and said to them, “Go on ahead of me, and leave some distance between the herds.”

Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau

Genesis 32:17 (show verse)

And he told the first one: “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to? Where are you going? And whose animals are these ahead of you?’

Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau

Genesis 32:18 (show verse)

then tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau. And look, he is behind us.’”

Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Presents » Things given as » Cattle
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau

Genesis 32:19 (show verse)

He also told the second one, the third, and everyone who was walking behind the animals, “Say the same thing to Esau when you find him.

Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau

You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I want to appease Esau with the gift that is going ahead of me. After that, I can face him, and perhaps he will forgive me.”

Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Presents » Were given » To appease the angry feelings of others
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau

Genesis 32:21 (show verse)

So the gift was sent on ahead of him while he remained in the camp that night.

Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Presents » Sometimes sent before the giver
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, in his conduct toward esau
Travelers » Generally halted at wells or streams

Genesis 32:22 (show verse)

During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his 11 sons, and crossed the ford of Jabbok.

Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Rivers » Many, fordable in some places

Genesis 32:23 (show verse)

He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.

Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prudence » Exemplified » jacob
Travelers » Generally halted at wells or streams

Genesis 32:24 (show verse)

Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

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holy Boldness » Exemplified » jacob
Christ » Devotions of » Select readings
Christ » Power of » Prayers of
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » Acknowledged by the old testament saints
Church » For other leaders » Prayer for
Communion with God » Exemplified » jacob
Days » Artificial, divided into » Break of
Devotional life » Night » All Night Prayers » jacob
Family » Parental prayers » Prayer
Importunity » Select readings
Israel » A name given to jacob
jacob » Summary of his character » Prayerful
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Acknowledged by old testament saints
Perseverance » Instances of » Jacob, in prayer
Prayer » Select readings
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prayer » Night » All Night Prayers » jacob
Prayer » Examples of » jacob » at peniel
Prayer » Importunity in » Instances of importunity in » jacob
Prayer, answers to » jacob
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » jacob
Secret prayer » Examples of secret prayer » Private devotions of Christ
United prayer » Select readings
Unwise prayers » Select readings
The wicked » Guilt of » Prayers of, unanswered
Wrestling » Figurative

Genesis 32:25 (show verse)

When the man saw that He could not defeat him, He struck Jacob’s hip socket as they wrestled and dislocated his hip.

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Christ » Power of » Prayers of
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » Acknowledged by the old testament saints
Church » For other leaders » Prayer for
Communion with God » Exemplified » jacob
Family » Parental prayers » Prayer
Importunity » Select readings
Israel » A name given to jacob
jacob » Summary of his character » Prayerful
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Acknowledged by old testament saints
Perseverance » Instances of » Jacob, in prayer
Prayer » Select readings
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prayer » Importunity in » Instances of importunity in » jacob
Prayer, answers to » jacob
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » jacob
Secret prayer » Examples of secret prayer » Private devotions of Christ
United prayer » Select readings
Unwise prayers » Select readings
The wicked » Guilt of » Prayers of, unanswered
Wrestling » Figurative

Genesis 32:26 (show verse)

Then He said to Jacob, “Let Me go, for it is daybreak.”

But Jacob said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me.”

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holy Boldness » Exemplified » jacob
Christ » Devotions of » Select readings
Christ » Power of » Prayers of
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » Acknowledged by the old testament saints
Church » For other leaders » Prayer for
Communion with God » Exemplified » jacob
Days » Artificial, divided into » Break of
Earnest suppliants » Seven earnest suppliants » The cry for help (jacob)
Family » Parental prayers » Prayer
Importunity » Select readings
Importunity » Importunity, examples of » jacob
Israel » A name given to jacob
jacob » Summary of his character » Prayerful
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Acknowledged by old testament saints
Perseverance » Instances of » Jacob, in prayer
Power » Examples of » jacob
Prayer » Select readings
Prayer » Should be offered up » With importunity
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prayer » Examples of » jacob
Prayer » Seven earnest suppliants » The cry for help (jacob)
Prayer » Importunity, examples of » jacob
Prayer » Importunity in » Instances of importunity in » jacob
Prayer, answers to » jacob
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » jacob
Secret prayer » Examples of secret prayer » Private devotions of Christ
Seven » Earnest suppliants » The cry for help (jacob)
United prayer » Select readings
Unwise prayers » Select readings
The wicked » Guilt of » Prayers of, unanswered

Genesis 32:27 (show verse)

“What is your name?” the man asked.

“Jacob,” he replied.

Genesis 32:28 (show verse)

“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” He said. “It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”

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holy Boldness » Exemplified » jacob
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Christ » Power of » Prayers of
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » Acknowledged by the old testament saints
Church » For other leaders » Prayer for
Communion with God » Exemplified » jacob
Family » Parental prayers » Prayer
Importunity » Select readings
Israel » Name given to jacob
Israel » A name given to jacob
jacob » Summary of his character » Prayerful
jacob » Name of, changed to "israel,"
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Acknowledged by old testament saints
Name » jacob
Power » Examples of » jacob
Prayer » Select readings
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prayer » Examples of » jacob
Prayer » Importunity in » Instances of importunity in » jacob
Prayer, answers to » jacob
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » jacob
Secret prayer » Examples of secret prayer » Private devotions of Christ
Types of Christ » jacob
United prayer » Select readings
Unwise prayers » Select readings
The wicked » Guilt of » Prayers of, unanswered

Genesis 32:29 (show verse)

Then Jacob asked Him, “Please tell me Your name.”

But He answered, “Why do you ask My name?” And He blessed him there.

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Blessings » Pronounced upon persons by the lord
holy Boldness » Exemplified » jacob
Christ » Devotions of » Select readings
Christ » Power of » Prayers of
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » Acknowledged by the old testament saints
Church » For other leaders » Prayer for
Communion with God » Exemplified » jacob
Curiosity » Instances of » Of jacob, to know the name of the angel
Family » Parental prayers » Prayer
Importunity » Select readings
Israel » A name given to jacob
jacob » Summary of his character » Prayerful
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Acknowledged by old testament saints
Prayer » Select readings
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prayer » Importunity in » Instances of importunity in » jacob
Prayer, answers to » jacob
Regeneration » Instances of » jacob
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » jacob
Secret prayer » Examples of secret prayer » Private devotions of Christ
United prayer » Select readings
Unwise prayers » Select readings
The wicked » Guilt of » Prayers of, unanswered

Genesis 32:30 (show verse)

Jacob then named the place Peniel, “For I have seen God face to face,” he said, “and I have been delivered.”

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Christ » Power of » Prayers of
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » Acknowledged by the old testament saints
Church » For other leaders » Prayer for
Family » Parental prayers » Prayer
God » Remember » Seeing
Importunity » Select readings
Israel » A name given to jacob
jacob » Summary of his character » Prayerful
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Acknowledged by old testament saints
Prayer » Select readings
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Prayer » Importunity in » Instances of importunity in » jacob
Prayer, answers to » jacob
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » jacob
Secret prayer » Examples of secret prayer » Private devotions of Christ
United prayer » Select readings
Unwise prayers » Select readings
The wicked » Guilt of » Prayers of, unanswered

Genesis 32:31 (show verse)

The sun shone on him as he passed by Penuel

—limping because of his hip.

Israel » A name given to jacob
Penuel » Also called peniel » City built where jacob wrestled with the angel
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » jacob
Rising » Instances of » jacob

Genesis 32:32 (show verse)

That is why, to this day, the Israelites don’t eat the thigh muscle that is at the hip socket: because He struck Jacob’s hip socket at the thigh muscle.

Israel » A name given to jacob
Prayer » Answered » Jacob, for deliverance from esau
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » jacob