The Meaning of Genesis 32:15 Explained

Genesis 32:15

KJV: Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

YLT: suckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, she-asses twenty, and foals ten;

Darby: thirty milch camels with their colts; forty kine, and ten bulls; twenty she-asses, and ten young asses.

ASV: thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 32:15?

MEANING: What does Genesis 32:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Genesis 32:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Genesis 32:15?

What is the context of Genesis 32:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

What does Genesis 32:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 32:13-32 - Jacob Wrestles And Prevails

There is a fulsomeness in Jacob's address to Esau, which sounds inconsistent with the noblest manhood and the firmest faith. Why should he speak of "my lord" Esau, and endeavor to appease his wrath with soft speeches and rich gifts? Evidently much had to be effected in his character before he could become one of the great spiritual forces of the world, and his supreme discipline came in that midnight wrestle. The Angel who wrestled with him could have been none other than the Son of man, who is also the Angel of the Covenant and Son of God. It was not that Jacob wrestled with the Angel, but that the Angel wrestled with him, as though to discover and reveal his weakness, and to constrain him to quit reliance on his own strength and to learn to cling with the tenacious grip of a lame man, who dare not let go, lest he fall to the earth. Ah, it is well to be even maimed, if through the withered thigh we may learn to lay hold on the everlasting strength of God, and learn His secret Name! [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 32

¹ Jacob's vision at Mahanaim
³ His message to Esau
⁶ He is afraid of Esau's coming
⁹ He prays for deliverance
¹³ He sends a present to Esau, and passes the brook Jabbok
²⁴ He wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel
³¹ He halts

What do the individual words in Genesis 32:15 mean?

Camels milk and with their colts thirty cows forty and bulls ten female donkeys twenty and male donkeys ten

גְּמַלִּ֧ים מֵינִיק֛וֹת וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים פָּר֤וֹת אַרְבָּעִים֙ וּפָרִ֣ים עֲשָׂרָ֔ה אֲתֹנֹ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וַעְיָרִ֖ם‪‬ עֲשָׂרָֽה

גְּמַלִּ֧ים	Camels
Parse: Noun, common plural Root: גָּמָל Sense: camel.
מֵינִיק֛וֹת	milk
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, feminine plural Root: יָנַק Sense: to suckle, nurse, suck.
וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם	and with their colts
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים	thirty
Parse: Number, common plural Root: שְׁלֹשִׁים Sense: thirty, thirtieth.
פָּר֤וֹת	cows
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: פָּרָה Sense: cow, heifer.
אַרְבָּעִים֙	forty
Parse: Number, common plural Root: אַרְבָּעִים Sense: forty.
וּפָרִ֣ים	and bulls
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural Root: פַּר Sense: .
עֲשָׂרָ֔ה	ten
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: עֶשֶׂר Sense: ten.
אֲתֹנֹ֣ת	female donkeys
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: אָתֹון Sense: she-ass, she-donkey.
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים	twenty
Parse: Number, common plural Root: עֶשְׂרִים Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וַעְיָרִ֖ם‪‬	and male donkeys
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural Root: עִיר Sense: he-ass, male ass.
עֲשָׂרָֽה	ten
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: עֶשֶׂר Sense: ten.

What are the major concepts related to Genesis 32:15?

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