Genesis 32:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God.

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  • Ps 91:11 : 11 For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go.
  • 1 Cor 3:22 : 22 Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
  • Eph 3:10 : 10 So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,
  • Heb 1:4 : 4 Having become by so much better than the angels, as the name which is his heritage is more noble than theirs.
  • 2 Kgs 6:16-17 : 16 And he said in answer, Have no fear; those who are with us are more than those who are with them. 17 Then Elisha made a prayer to the Lord, saying, Lord, let his eyes be open so that he may see. And the Lord made the young man's eyes open; and he saw that all the mountain was full of horses and carriages of fire round Elisha.
  • Ps 34:7 : 7 The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

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    2 And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.

    3 Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;

  • 11 And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

  • 1 Then Jacob went on his journey till he came to the land of the children of the East.

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    29 Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.

    30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.

  • 12 And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.

  • Gen 32:20-24
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    20 And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.

    21 So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.

    22 And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.

    23 He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.

    24 Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.

  • 25 Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • 27 Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

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    2 And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.

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    4 And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

    5 And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

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    8 And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.

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  • 6 When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.

  • 13 Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.

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    5 So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.

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  • 16 And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.

  • 20 Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

  • 17 And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?

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