16And 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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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.
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. …
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-23)Jacob, having piously made God his friend by a prayer, is here prudently endeavouring to make Esau his friend by a present. He had prayed to God to deliver him from the hand of Esau, for he feared him; but neither did his fear sink into such a despair as dispirits for the use of means, nor did his prayer make him presume upon God’s mercy, without the use of means. Note, When we have prayed to God…
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