Passage Research
Genesis 33 — Sermon Preparation
Jacob and Esau meet and are reconciled; Jacob settles near Shechem and builds an altar. Below is a research summary for Genesis 33, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 20
- verses
- 268 / 126
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 33 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יֶלֶד | yeled | H3206 | 9 | something born, lad |
| עֵשָׂו | ʻÊsâv | H6215 | 5 | Esav |
| אָדוֹן | ʼâdôwn | H113 | 5 | sovereign, controller |
| נָגַשׁ | nâgash | H5066 | 4 | be, come |
| שָׁחָה | shâchâh | H7812 | 4 | depress, prostrate |
| עַיִן | ʻayin | H5869 | 5 | eye, fountain |
| לֵאָה | Lêʼâh | H3812 | 3 | Leah |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 33, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We read, in the former chapter, how Jacob had power with God, and prevailed; here we find what power he had with men too, and how his brother Esau was mollified, and, on a sudden, reconciled to him; for so it is written, Prov. xvi. 7, "When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Here is, I. A very friendly meeting between Jacob and Esau, ver. 1-4. II. Their conference at their meeting, in which they vie with each other in civil and kind expressions. Their discourse is, 1. About Jacob's family, ver. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Genesis 33:1–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Mount Seir 1— Gen 33:14
- Succoth 1— Gen 33:17
- Canaan— Gen 33:18
- Paddan-aram— Gen 33:18
- Shechem— Gen 33:18
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