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Genesis 33
We read in the former chapter how Jacob had power with
God, and prevailed; here we find what power he had with men
too. Here is,
I. A friendly meeting between Jacob and Esau, ver. 1-4.
II. Their conference at their meeting. Their discourse is,
1. About Jacob's family, ver. 5-7.
2. About the present he had sent, ver. 8-11.
3. About the progress of their journey, ver. 12-15.
III. Jacob's settlement in Canaan, his house-ground, and altar, ver.
16-20.
Verse 3. He bowed - Though he feared Esau as an enemy, yet he did
obeisance to him as an elder brother.
Verse
4. And Esau ran to meet him - Not in passion but in love.
Embraced him, fell on his neck and kissed him - God hath the
hearts of all men in his hands, and can turn them when and how
he pleases. He can of a sudden convert enemies into friends, as he
did two Sauls, one by restraining grace, 1 Sam. xxvi, 21, 25, the other by renewing grace, Acts ix, 21. And they wept - Jacob wept for joy to be thus kindly received; Esau
perhaps wept for grief and shame to think of the ill design he had
conceived against his brother.
Verse
5. Eleven or twelve little ones followed Jacob, the eldest of them
not fourteen years old: Who are these? saith Esau. Jacob had sent
him an account of the increase of his estate, but made no mention
of his children, perhaps because he would not expose them to his
rage, if he should meet him as an enemy. Esau therefore had
reason to ask who are those with thee? To which Jacob returns a
serious answer; they are the children which God hath graciously
given thy servant. Jacob speaks of his children,
1. As God's gifts; they are a heritage of the Lord.
2. As choice gifts; he hath graciously given them. Though they
were many, and but slenderly provided for, yet he accounts them
great blessings.
Verse
10. I have seen thy face as though I had seen the face of God -
That is, I have seen thee reconciled to me, and at peace with me,
as I desire to see God reconciled.
Verse
12. Esau offers himself to be his guide and companion, in token of
sincere reconciliation. We never find that Jacob and Esau were so
loving with one another as they were now. God made Esau not
only not an enemy, but a friend. Esau is become fond of Jacob's
company, courts him to mount Seir: let us never despair of any,
nor distrust God, in whose hands all hearts are. Yet Jacob saw
cause modestly to refute this offer, wherein he shews a tender
concern for his own family and flocks, like a good shepherd and a
good father. He must consider the children, and the flocks with
young, and not lead the one or drive the other too fast. Jacob
intimates to him, that it was his design to come to him to mount
Seir; and we may presume he did so, after he had settled his
concerns elsewhere, though that visit be not recorded.
Verse
15. Esau offers some of his men to be his guard and convoy; but
Jacob humbly refuseth his offer, only desiring he would not take it
amiss that he did not accept it. What needs it? He is under the
Divine protection. Those are sufficiently guarded that have God
for their guard, and are under a convoy of his hosts, as Jacob was.
Jacob adds, only let me find grace in the sight of my Lord -
Having thy favour I have all I need, all I desire from thee.
Verse
16. And Jacob journeyed to Succoth - Having in a friendly
manner parted with Esau, who was gone to his own country, he
comes to a place, where he rested, set up booths for his cattle, and
other conveniences for himself and family. The place was
afterwards known by the name of Succoth, a city in the tribe of
Gad, on the other side Jordan; it signifies booths: that when his
posterity afterwards dwelt in houses of stone, they might
remember that the Syrian ready to perish was their father, who
was glad of booths, Deut. xxvi, 5.
Verse
18. And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem - Or rather he
came safe, or in peace, to the city of Shechem. After a perilous
journey, in which he had met with many difficulties, he came safe
at last, into Canaan.
Verse
20. He erected an altar -
1. In thankfulness to God for the good hand of his providence
over him.
2. That he might keep up religion, and the worship of God in his
family. He dedicated this altar to the honour of El-elohe-israel,
God-the God of Israel: to the honour of God in general, the only
living and true God, the Best of beings, the First of causes: and to
the honour of the God of Israel, as a God in covenant with him.
God had lately called him by the name of Israel; and now he calls
God the God of Israel; though he be called a prince with God,
God shall still be a prince with him, his Lord and his God.
Chapter 33:
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