Genesis 32:6-8
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Genesis 32:6
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- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Genesis 32:7-8
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Genesis 32:7-8
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Genesis 32:7-8
Genesis 32:6-8. And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks and herds, and the camels, into two bands; and said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
This fear and distress were sad proofs of want of faith on Jacob’s part; for where there is strong faith, there may be a measure of human fear, but it will not go to the length of being "greatly afraid and distressed," as he was. In this respect he falls short of his grandfather Abraham; yet, nevertheless, he acts wisely, first with common prudence, and next with uncommon prayerfulness.