{"id":346,"date":"2020-07-22T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughts.need.management\/?p=346"},"modified":"2020-07-07T14:06:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T14:06:27","slug":"genesis-annotated-chapter-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoughts.need.management\/index.php\/2020\/07\/22\/genesis-annotated-chapter-32\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis Annotated: Chapter 32"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Genesis Annotated: Chapter 31<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Genesis Annotated: Chapter 33<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Chapter Overview<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob sends a bunch of people to Esau, runs away with his wife and children, and ends up “wrestling” some dude all night on the bank of a river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional Notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is yet another chapter that is far to long for what it tries to convey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that there is no indication that anything mystical happens at all during the “wrestling” that goes on. Why Jacob thinks anything special happened is a mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapter 32: Jacob Whines
AKA: “Wrestling” All Night<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
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  2. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
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  3. And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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  4. And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
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  5. And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
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  6. And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
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  7. Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
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  8. And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
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  9. And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
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  10. I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
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  11. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
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  12. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
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  13. And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
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  14. Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
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  15. Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
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  16. And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
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  17. And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
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  18. Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
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  19. And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
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  20. And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
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  21. So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
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  22. And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
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  23. And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
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  24. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
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  25. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
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  26. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
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  27. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
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  28. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
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  29. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
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  30. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
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  31. And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
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  32. Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Gotta reaffirm that he’s the protagonist again?
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    2. Again, why do the authors seem so intent on naming everything? It’s getting old.

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    3. Probably a good thing to do. Esau was either wanting to kill or something depending on which chapter you believe.
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    4. Is Jacob preparing to send himself into some more slavery?


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    5. AKA: I have all these things, please don’t kill me?


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    6. Looks like Esau took it to be a challenge.



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    7. I suppose that could work if Esau is an idiot.



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    8. Sounds like a terrible bargain for whichever gets wiped out.

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    9. You’re the chosen one or something, stop your whining. You’re really not that important.


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    10. Blah blah blah so humble, blah blah blah mercy, blah blah blah save me.



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    11. I wish Jacob would stop being so damn melodramatic. First he though Laban would kill him, and he didn’t. Now Esau? Jacob is the main character. As if.
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    12. blah blah blah blah. Stop yammering on.


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    13. Apparently bribing someone who might be trying to kill you is a good thing to do now?

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    14. That’s a lot of animals. I still say Laban would have had none of this.
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    15. And the animal list continues.


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    16. Preparing to send forth servants now too… when did Jacob get servants?? I thought this was a journey of his wife and children.


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    17. AKA: “Hey, you know that potentially murdery brother of mine? Walk up with more wealth than most people in the area and say hi.”

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    18. Sounds like advertising his location to Esau, the opposite of what he was trying to do earlier.
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    19. This is nearly repetitious



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    20. Yeah, we get it. Stop repeating yourself.




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    21. Servants gotta travel all night while tired, but he doesn’t have to. Got it.
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    22. Are they trying to be sneaky or something?



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    23. Not nearly as dramatic as George Washington crossing the deleware.
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    24. Where did this man come from? Did his wife and children just sit by idly and watch?

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    25. That sounds painful… how much of an absolute badass would he have to be to keep on wrestling after that?

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    26. Who says what to who? There is nothing to indicate who says what.

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    27. This couldn’t have been asked earlier?

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    28. Guess what? Literally no one ever calls him this, nor does the bible ever refer to him as this. (In)consistency at it’s finest!

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    29. Well… asking the name of the guy you just spent the night with seems like a decent thing to do.

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    30. There is no indication that anything mystical happened here. Why does he think this?
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    31. How did it halt there? Sensually caressing it? Describe in excruciating detail now!
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    32. This… is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard. Have you ever considered NOT eating other humans instead of making up a story to rationalize not eating a specific part of a human?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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      Genesis Annotated: Chapter 31 Genesis Annotated: Chapter 33 Chapter Overview Jacob sends a bunch of people to Esau, runs away with his wife and children, and ends up “wrestling” some dude all night on the bank of a river. Additional Notes This is yet another chapter that is far to long for what it tries … <\/p>\n

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