KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 32:13 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And he lodged” | וַיָּ֥לֶן | To stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain) | lodged |
| “there” | שָׁ֖ם | There (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence | there |
| “that same” | הַה֑וּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | same |
| “night;” | בַּלַּ֣יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “and took” | וַיִּקַּ֞ח | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | took |
| “of” | מִן | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | of |
| “that which came” | הַבָּ֧א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | came |
| “to his hand” | בְיָד֛וֹ | A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] | hand |
| “a present” | מִנְחָ֖ה | A donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary) | present |
| “for Esau” | לְעֵשָׂ֥ו | Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity | Esau |
| “his brother;” | אָחִֽיו׃ | A brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H0001]) | brother |
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11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
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