Verse 7
7. Jacob was greatly afraid The report of his messengers might naturally have this effect on Jacob . He had fled from his brother because of his threat to kill him, (Genesis 27:41,) and now his coming with a body of four hundred men seemed ominous of a purpose of vengeance . “His excited imagination saw his wives and children murdered; his ill-gotten flocks destroyed; and himself struck by the fatal blow or chained in ignominious fetters. Agony and fear overpowered him, but that agony was his atonement; it was a suffering commensurate with his guilt; it was at once his retribution and his justification. But though it was a torture to his heart, it did not unbend his energy. All his faculties, feelings, and affections were roused to their utmost power, and his whole nature was quickened into vigorous activity.” Kalisch.
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