John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 32:18

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then thou shall say, [they be] thy servant Jacob’s, etc.] Both the goats before them, and they themselves that had the care of them, belonged to Jacob, who directed them to speak of him to Esau as his “servant”: it [is] a present sent unto my lord Esau; which is the answer to the second question: and behold also he [is] behind us: that is, Jacob: this they were bid to tell, lest he should think that Jacob was afraid of him, and was gone another way; but that he was coming to pay a visit to him, and might expect shortly to see him, which would prepare his mind how to behave towards him.

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