Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 32:22

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 32:22 - 32:22

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 32:22 - 32:22

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ford Jabbok - now the Zerka - a stream that rises among the mountains of Gilead, and running from east to west, enters the Jordan, about forty miles south of the Sea of Tiberias. At the ford it is ten yards wide. It is sometimes forded with difficulty; but in summer it is very shallow.

he rose up and took - Unable to sleep, Jacob waded the ford in the night time by himself; and having ascertained its safety, he returned to the north bank and sent over his family and attendants, remaining behind, to seek anew, in silent prayer, the divine blessing on the means he had set in motion.