Reader! observe the continual conflicts of the faithful. While dreading the coming of his brother, and not as a friend, the Lord himself comes forth to meet him, and seemingly as an enemy. And while poor Jacob is stirring up himself to lay hold on God for help, the Lord lays hold on him, with seeming violence. read more
See! how the Lord is even detained by the fervent cries of his children. Song of Solomon 7:5; Song of Solomon 7:5 . See also how vigorous are the actings of faith, when God's grace supports that faith. Song of Solomon 3:4 ; Isaiah 27:5 . And is not this a beautiful example of what Job prayed for? Job 23:3-6 . read more
No more Jacob, which signifies a supplanter; but Israel, which means a Prince. And do not all the spiritual seed of Jacob change their name when their nature is renewed? Isaiah 62:4 ; Revelation 3:12 . read more
The disjointed thigh testified what the Lord could have done. Sweet is it to have divine strength perfected in human weakness. What was Paul's experience but this, when carrying about with him in his body, the dying of the Lord Jesus. Galatians 6:17 . Reader! observe it is always sunshine in the soul, in or soon after seasons of divine communion. read more
Perhaps this custom was piously observed by the Israelites, in order to keep alive the remembrance how prevailing fervent prayer is, as manifested in this instance of their Great Ancestor. REFLECTIONS Reader! I charge you not to close your review of this lovely chapter, which under God's teachings hath refreshed the minds of thousands, and will continue so to do until time shall be no more, without first gathering to yourself some of the many sweet things it speaks of to the people of God. You... read more
Sons, with Dina his daughter, and all his household. read more
All things. Grotius thinks this has been lost in the Hebrew copies; as it occurs in the Samaritan, Septuagint, and Syriac. read more
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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 32:23-24
Reader! do you know what it is to be left alone to enjoy communion with God in Christ? Have you sent away all earthly concerns, and all natural connections, how near and dear soever they may be, in order to feel the full influence of gracious impressions. Who this angel was, may easily be known from the Patriarch's own account of him. Sweet to observe, in the numberless instances of it, how that Almighty angel of the covenant, the Lord Jesus, seemed to long for the period when he would fully... read more