"[Esau] is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him."GENESIS 32:6+Despair Turned to JoyThese matters should instruct and confirm the Church in all adversities. For they are set fort...  Read More

"We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him."GENESIS 32:6+Steadfastness amid TribulationMoses is very obliging and generous in his description ...  Read More

Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother.GENESIS 32:3+Unmerited PromisesThe promise of grace is this, when God says: "You have done nothing; you have merited nothing. But I shall do this f...  Read More

"This is God's camp!"GENESIS 32:2+Wait, Endure, Hold Out!If God were not to govern the world through His angels even for one day, the devil would certainly strike down the whole human race all of a su...  Read More

Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them he said, "This is God's camp!"GENESIS 32:1-2+The Troops of GodThese are words of joy and triumph for the patriarch with gr...  Read More

Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.GENESIS 31:53+Fear and Worship of GodJacob does not swear by the God of Nahor or Terah, but he swears by a God who is closer, that is, by the God whom his f...  Read More

"God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands and rebuked you last night."GENESIS 31:42+God Is on My SideThese things the Holy Spirit wanted set before the churches and the believers as an example ...  Read More

"If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed."GENESIS 31:42+The Fear of IsaacWhat, then, does the Ho...  Read More

[Jacob answered,] “Anyone with whom you find your gods shall not live."GENESIS 31:31-32+The Failings of the SaintsHere the Holy Spirit describes the human side in the saints. For however sublime they ...  Read More

Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have tricked me?"GENESIS 31:26+Bearing Reproach[Laban's accusations against Jacob are] certainly offensive and undeserving, but they are written in t...  Read More

God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad."GENESIS 31:24+God Does Not Forsake UsThus God does not forsake believer...  Read More

God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad."GENESIS 31:24+God Restrains SatanGod breaks and restrains the angry moo...  Read More