Passage Research
Genesis 32 — Sermon Preparation
Preparing to meet Esau, Jacob wrestles through the night with a divine figure and receives the name Israel. Below is a research summary for Genesis 32, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 33
- verses
- 453 / 172
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 16
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 32 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יַעֲקֹב | Yaʻăqôb | H3290 | 16 | Jaakob |
| עֵשָׂו | ʻÊsâv | H6215 | 9 | Esav |
| יָרֵךְ | yârêk | H3409 | 5 | thigh, generative parts |
| עֵדֶר | ʻêder | H5739 | 5 | arrangement, muster |
| עָבַר | ʻâbar | H5674 | 7 | cross, transition |
| מַחֲנֶה | machăneh | H4264 | 6 | encampment, army |
| עֶבֶד | ʻebed | H5650 | 7 | servant |
How preachers through history handled this text
16 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 32, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Times of fear should be times of prayer: whatever causes fear, should drive us to our knees, to our God. Jacob had lately seen his guards of angels, but in this distress he applied to God, not to them; he knew they were his fellow-servants, Re 22:9. There cannot be a better pattern for true prayer than this. Here is a thankful acknowledgement of former undeserved favours; a humble confession of unworthiness; a plain statement of his fears and distress; a full reference of the whole affair to the Lord, and resting all his hopes on him. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Genesis 32:9–23 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jordan— Gen 32:10
- Mahanaim— Gen 32:2
- Jabbok— Gen 32:22
- Edom— Gen 32:3
- Mount Seir 1— Gen 32:3
- Penuel— Gen 32:30
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