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Jacob Pursuing His Journey. . 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Jacob, having got clear of Laban, pursues his journey homewards towards Canaan: when God has helped us through difficulties we should go on our way heaven-ward with so much the more cheerfulness and resolution. Now, 1. Here is Jacob's convoy in his journey ( Genesis 32:1 ; Genesis 32:1 ): The angels of God met him, in a visible appearance, whether in a vision by day or in a dream by night, as when he saw them upon the ladder ( Genesis 28:12 ; Genesis 28:12 ), is uncertain. Note, Those that keep in a good way have always a good guard; angels themselves are ministering spirits for their safety, Hebrews 1:14 . Where Jacob pitched his tents, they pitched theirs about him, Psalms 34:7 . They met him, to bid him welcome to Canaan again; a more honourable reception this was than ever any prince had, that was met by the magistrates of a city in their formalities. They met him to congratulate him on his arrival, as well as on his escape from Laban; for they have pleasure in the prosperity of God's servants. They had invisibly attended him all along, but now they appeared to him, because he had greater dangers before him than those he had hitherto encountered. Note, When God designs his people for extraordinary trials, he prepares them by extraordinary comforts. We should think it had been more seasonable for these angels to have appeared to him amidst the perplexity and agitation occasioned first by Laban, and afterwards by Esau, than in this calm and quiet interval, when he saw not himself in any imminent peril; but God will have us, when we are in peace, to provide for trouble, and, when trouble comes, to live upon former observations and experiences; for we walk by faith, not by sight. God's people, at death, are returning to Canaan, to their Father's house; and then the angels of God will meet them, to congratulate them on the happy finishing of their servitude, and to carry them to their rest. 2. The comfortable notice he took of this convoy, Genesis 32:2 ; Genesis 32:2 . This is God's host, and therefore, (1.) It is a powerful host; very great is he that is thus attended, and very safe that is thus guarded. (2.) God must have the praise of this protection: "This I may thank God for, for it is his host." A good man may with an eye of faith see the same that Jacob saw with his bodily eyes, by believing that promise ( Psalms 91:11 ), He shall give his angels charge over thee. What need have we to dispute whether every particular saint has a guardian angel, when we are sure he has a guard of angels about him? To preserve the remembrance of this favour, Jacob gave a name to the place from it, Mahanaim, two hosts, or two camps. That is, say some of the rabbin, one host of the guardian angels of Mesopotamia, who conducted Jacob thence, and delivered him safely to the other host of the angels of Canaan, who met him upon the borders where he now was. Rather, they appeared to him in two hosts, one on either side, or one in the front and the other in the rear, to protect him from Laban behind and Esau before, that they might be a complete guard. Thus he is compassed with God's favour. Perhaps in allusion to this the church is called Mahanaim, two armies, Song of Solomon 6:13 . Here were Jacob's family, which made one army, representing the church militant and itinerant on earth; and the angels, another army, representing the church triumphant and at rest in heaven. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-3-8" class="com-number"
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야곱이 라반으로부터 벗어나 이제 고향 가나안을 향해 여정을 계속한다. 하나님께서 어려움을 헤쳐 나가도록 도우셨을 때, 우리는 더욱 기쁨과 결단으로 하늘을 향한 길을 나아가야 한다.
첫째, 여정에서 야곱의 호위대가 등장한다(창 32:1). "하나님의 천사들이 그를 맞이하였다"는 것은, 낮의 환상이든 밤의 꿈이든, 야곱이 사닥다리 위에서 천사들을 본 것처럼(창 28:12) 눈에 보이는 형태로 나타난 것이었다. 선한 길을 가는 자들에게는 언제나 훌륭한 호위가 있으니, 천사들 자신이 그들의 안전을 위해 섬기는 영들이다(히 1:14). 야곱이 장막을 친 곳에, 천사들도 그를 둘러싸고 진을 쳤다(시 34:7). 천사들은 그가 가나안에 다시 돌아온 것을 환영하기 위해 나온 것이었으며, 라반으로부터의 탈출을 축하하기도 했다. 그들은 하나님의 종들의 형통함 속에서 기쁨을 누리기 때문이다. 이미 줄곧 보이지 않게 그를 수행하고 있었지만, 이제 눈에 보이는 형태로 나타난 것은, 야곱이 이전에 경험한 것보다 더 큰 위험들이 앞에 놓여 있었기 때문이다. 하나님께서 자기 백성을 특별한 시험을 위해 준비시키실 때, 특별한 위로로써 그들을 미리 준비시키신다는 것을 기억하라. 야곱이 라반으로 인해 혼란스럽고 동요하던 중에, 혹은 에서로 인한 위험 속에서 천사들이 나타났더라면 더 적절했을 것 같지만, 하나님께서는 우리가 평안할 때 환난을 대비하게 하시고, 환난이 닥쳤을 때는 이전의 관찰과 경험을 토대로 살아가게 하신다. 왜냐하면 우리는 보는 것이 아니라 믿음으로 행하기 때문이다. 죽음에 이를 때 하나님의 백성은 가나안, 곧 아버지의 집으로 돌아가게 된다. 그때 하나님의 천사들이 그들을 맞이하여 종살이를 행복하게 마친 것을 축하하고 안식처로 인도할 것이다.
둘째, 야곱이 이 호위에 대해 위로를 받아 감사히 받아들인다(창 32:2). "이는 하나님의 군대이다"라고 그가 말한다. 따라서 (1) 이것은 강력한 군대이며, 이처럼 수행을 받는 자는 매우 크고 이처럼 지킴을 받는 자는 매우 안전하다. (2) 하나님께서 이 보호에 대해 찬양받으셔야 한다. "이것은 내가 하나님께 감사드려야 할 일이니, 이것은 그분의 군대이다." 선한 사람은 믿음의 눈으로 야곱이 육신의 눈으로 본 것을 볼 수 있으니, "그가 너를 위하여 그의 천사들에게 명하여 네 모든 길에서 너를 지키게 하리로다"(시 91:11)라는 약속을 믿음으로써 그러하다. 각 성도에게 수호 천사가 있는지 논쟁할 필요 없이, 우리는 그 주위에 천사들의 호위대가 있다는 것을 확신할 수 있다. 이 은혜를 기념하기 위해 야곱은 그 장소에 "마하나임"이라는 이름을 붙였는데, 이는 "두 진" 혹은 "두 군대"를 의미한다. 어떤 랍비들은 메소포타미아의 수호 천사들 중 한 무리가 야곱을 그곳에서 인도하여 가나안의 천사들에게 안전하게 인계했고, 그 천사들이 야곱이 지금 있는 국경에서 그를 맞이했다고 말한다. 오히려 두 무리로 나뉘어, 하나는 양쪽에, 혹은 하나는 앞에 다른 하나는 뒤에 배치되어, 뒤의 라반과 앞의 에서로부터 야곱을 완전히 지키기 위한 것이었다고 보는 것이 더 적합하다. 이처럼 그는 하나님의 은혜로 사면이 둘러싸인다. 이것을 암시하여 교회가 "마하나임, 두 군대"(아 6:13)라고 불린다. 야곱의 가족은 한 군대를 이루며, 지상에서 싸우며 나그네 된 교회를 나타내고, 천사들은 또 다른 군대를 이루며, 하늘에서 승리하고 안식하는 교회를 나타낸다.
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G E N E S I S CHAP. XXXII. We have here Jacob still upon his journey towards Canaan. Never did so many memorable things occur in any march as in this of Jacob's little family. By the way he meets, I. With good tidings from his God, Genesis 32:1 ; Genesis 32:2 . II. With bad tidings from his brother, to whom he sent a message to notify his return, Genesis 32:3-6 . In his distress, 1. He divides his company, Genesis 32:7 ; Genesis 32:8 . 2. He makes his prayer to God, Genesis 32:9-12 . 3. He sends a present to his brother, Genesis 32:13-23 . 4. He wrestles with the angel, Genesis 32:24-32 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-2" class="com-number"
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3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 6 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. 7 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; 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. Now that Jacob was re-entering Canaan God, by the vision of angels, reminded him of the friends he had when he left it, and thence he takes occasion to remind himself of the enemies he had, particularly Esau. It is probable that Rebekah had sent him word of Esau's settlement in Seir, and of the continuance of his enmity to him. What shall poor Jacob do? He longs to see his father, and yet he dreads to see his brother. He rejoices to see Canaan again, and yet cannot but rejoice with trembling because of Esau. I. He sends a very kind and humble message to Esau. It does not appear that his way lay through Esau's country, or that he needed to ask his leave for a passage; but his way lay near it, and he would not go by him without paying him the respect due to a brother, a twin-brother, an only brother, an elder brother, a brother offended. Note, 1. Though our relations fail in their duty to us, yet we must make conscience of doing our duty to them. 2. It is a piece of friendship and brotherly love to acquaint our friends with our condition, and enquire into theirs. Acts of civility may help to slay enmities. Jacob's message to him is very obliging, Genesis 32:4 ; Genesis 32:5 . (1.) He calls Esau his lord, himself his servant, to intimate that he did not insist upon the prerogatives of the birthright and blessing he had obtained for himself, but left it to God to fulfil his own purpose in his seed. Note, Yielding pacifies great offences, Ecclesiastes 10:4 . We must not refuse to speak in a respectful and submissive manner to those that are ever so unjustly exasperated against it. (2.) He gives him a short account of himself, that he was not a fugitive and a vagabond, but, though long absent, had had a certain dwelling-place, with his own relations: I have sojourned with Laban, and staid there till now; and that he was not a beggar, nor did he come home, as the prodigal son, destitute of necessaries and likely to be a charge to his relations; no, I have oxen and asses. This he knew would (if any thing) recommend him to Esau's good opinion. And, (3.) He courts his favour: I have sent, that I might find grace in thy sight. Note, It is no disparagement to those that have the better cause to become petitioners for reconciliation, and to sue for peace as well as right. II. He receives a very formidable account of Esau's warlike preparations against him ( Genesis 32:6 ; Genesis 32:6 ), not a word, but a blow, a very coarse return to his kind message, and a sorry welcome home to a poor brother: He comes to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. He is now weary of waiting for the days of mourning for this good father, and even before they come he resolves to slay his brother. 1. He remembers the old quarrel, and will now be avenged on him for the birthright and blessing, and, if possible, defeat Jacob's expectations from both. Note, malice harboured will last long, and find an occasion to break out with violence a great while after the provocations given. Angry men have good memories. 2. He envies Jacob what little estate he had, and, though he himself was now possessed of a much better, yet nothing will serve him but to feed his eyes upon Jacob's ruin, and fill his fields with Jacob's spoils. Perhaps the account Jacob sent him of his wealth did but provoke him the more. 3. He concludes it easy to destroy him, now that he was upon the road, a poor weary traveller, unfixed, and (as he thinks) unguarded. Those that have the serpent's poison have commonly the serpent's policy, to take the first and fairest opportunity that offers itself for revenge. 4. He resolves to do it suddenly, and before Jacob had come to his father, lest he should interpose and mediate between them. Esau was one of those that hated peace; when Jacob speaks, speaks peaceably, he is for war, Psalms 120:6 ; Psalms 120:7 . Out he marches, spurred on with rage, and intent on blood and murders; four hundred men he had with him, probably such as used to hunt with him, armed, no doubt, rough and cruel like their leader, ready to execute the word of command though ever so barbarous, and now breathing nothing but threatenings and slaughter. The tenth part of these were enough to cut off poor Jacob, and his guiltless helpless family, root and branch. No marvel therefore that it follows ( Genesis 32:7 ; Genesis 32:7 ), then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed, perhaps the more so from having scarcely recovered the fright Laban had put him in. Note, Many are the troubles of the righteous in this world, and sometimes the end of one is but the beginning of another. The clouds return after the rain. Jacob, though a man of great faith, yet was now greatly afraid. Note, A lively apprehension of danger, and a quickening fear arising from it, may very well consist with a humble confidence in God's power and promise. Christ himself, in his agony, was sorely amazed. III. He puts himself into the best posture of defence that his present circumstances will admit. It was absurd to think of making resistance, all his contrivance is to make an escape, Genesis 32:7 ; Genesis 32:8 . He thinks it prudent not to venture all in one bottom, and therefore divides what he had into two companies, that, if one were smitten, the other might escape. Like a tender careful master of a family, he is more solicitous for their safety than for his own. He divided his company, not as Abraham ( Genesis 14:15 ; Genesis 14:15 ), for fight, but for flight. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-9-12" class="com-number"
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이제 야곱이 가나안에 다시 들어오자, 하나님께서는 천사들의 환상을 통해 그가 그 땅을 떠날 때 가졌던 친구들을 상기시켜 주신다. 이로부터 야곱은 자신에게 적이 있음을, 특히 에서가 있음을 스스로 상기한다. 리브가가 에서가 세일에 정착한 것과 야곱에 대한 그의 적대감이 계속되고 있음을 야곱에게 알렸을 것이다. 가련한 야곱은 어찌해야 하는가? 아버지를 보고 싶지만 형을 보는 것이 두렵다. 가나안을 다시 보는 것이 기쁘지만, 에서 때문에 두려움으로 기뻐할 수밖에 없다.
첫째, 야곱은 에서에게 매우 친절하고 겸손한 전갈을 보낸다. 그의 길이 에서의 땅을 통과할 필요가 있었거나 통행 허가를 구해야 했던 것이 아닌 것 같지만, 그의 길이 그 근처를 지났고, 형을 지나치면서 쌍둥이 형제, 유일한 형제, 연장자, 노한 형제로서 당연히 받아야 할 존중을 표하지 않고 지나칠 수 없었다. (1) 우리의 친족이 우리에 대한 의무를 다하지 않더라도, 우리는 양심껏 그들에 대한 우리의 의무를 이행해야 한다. (2) 우리 친구들에게 우리의 형편을 알리고 그들의 형편을 묻는 것은 우정과 형제 사랑의 한 표현이다. 야곱의 전갈은 매우 정중한 것이었다(창 32:4~5). (1) 그는 에서를 자기 주인이라 부르고 자신을 종이라 일컬었으니, 이는 자신이 장자권과 복의 특권을 주장하지 않고 하나님께서 자신의 후손 안에서 그분의 목적을 이루시도록 맡긴다는 뜻이었다. 온순함은 큰 허물을 진정시킨다(전 10:4). (2) 그는 에서에게 자신에 대한 간략한 소식을 전했으니, 자신이 방랑자나 떠돌이가 아니라, 비록 오래 떠나 있었지만 가족과 함께 일정한 거처가 있었음을 알렸다. "저는 라반과 함께 나그네로 살며 지금까지 머물러 있었습니다"(창 32:4)라고 하며, 빈털터리로 돌아오는 것이 아니라 소와 나귀가 있다고 했다. (3) 그는 에서의 호의를 구했으니, "제가 주인의 눈에 은혜를 입고자 사람을 보내었습니다"(창 32:5).
둘째, 야곱은 에서의 전쟁 준비에 관한 매우 두려운 소식을 듣는다(창 32:6). 그의 친절한 전갈에 한마디 말도 없이, 오직 행동만이 있었으니, 가련한 형제에게 이보다 더 고약한 귀환 인사는 없었다. "그가 사백 명을 거느리고 주인을 맞으러 오고 있습니다"(창 32:6). 에서는 이제 좋은 아버지의 슬픔의 날들이 오기를 기다리는 것에 지쳐, 그 날들이 오기도 전에 형제를 죽이려 결심한 것이다. (1) 그는 오래된 다툼을 기억하고 장자권과 복을 빼앗긴 것에 복수하려 한다. 품고 있는 악의는 오래 지속되어 도발이 있은 지 한참 후에도 폭발할 기회를 찾는다. 화를 잘 내는 사람들은 기억력이 좋다. (2) 에서는 야곱의 작은 재산을 시기하여, 자신이 이미 훨씬 더 좋은 것을 소유하고 있으면서도 야곱의 파멸을 보고 야곱의 노략물로 자기 밭을 채우는 것 외에는 아무것도 그를 만족시키지 못한다. (3) 그는 야곱이 길 위에 있는 가련하고 지친 나그네로, 정착하지 못하고 지키는 자도 없다(그렇게 생각한다)고 판단하여 그를 쉽게 무너뜨릴 수 있다고 결론짓는다. (4) 그는 야곱이 아버지에게 가기 전에 갑자기 일을 처리하려 한다. 에서는 평화를 싫어하는 자들 중 하나였으니, 야곱이 평화로이 말할 때 그는 전쟁을 일으키려 했다(시 120:6~7). 400명의 사람들과 함께 진군하는 에서는 분노에 박차를 받아 피와 살육을 원했다. 그들의 절반도 가련한 야곱과 무고하고 무력한 그의 가족을 씨도 남기지 않고 베어버리기에 충분했다. 따라서 "야곱은 몹시 두렵고 괴로웠다"(창 32:7)는 것은 놀랄 일이 아니다. 야곱은 큰 믿음의 사람이었지만, 이때 크게 두려워했다. 위험을 생생하게 인식하는 것과 그로부터 오는 깨우치는 두려움은 하나님의 능력과 약속에 대한 겸손한 신뢰와 충분히 공존할 수 있다. 그리스도 자신도 고뇌 중에 크게 놀라셨다.
셋째, 야곱은 자신의 현재 상황이 허락하는 최선의 방어 태세를 취한다. 저항하는 것은 말도 안 되는 일이었고, 그의 모든 지혜는 도피하는 방법에 있었다(창 32:7~8). 그는 모든 것을 한 곳에 모아 두는 것이 현명하지 않다고 판단하여 자신의 것을 두 무리로 나누었으니, 하나가 타격을 받더라도 다른 하나는 피할 수 있도록 했다. 가족을 돌보는 다정한 주인처럼, 그는 자기 자신의 안전보다 그들의 안전을 더 걱정했다. 야곱은 아브라함처럼(창 14:15) 싸우기 위해서가 아니라 도망하기 위해 일행을 나눴다.
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Jacob's Prayer. . 9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. 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. Our rule is to call upon God in the time of trouble; we have here an example to this rule, and the success encourages us to follow this example. It was now a time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it; and here we have him praying for that salvation, Jeremiah 30:7 . In his distress he sought the Lord, and he heard him. Note, Times of fear should be times of prayer; whatever frightens us should drive us to our knees, to our God. Jacob had lately seen his guard of angels, but, in this distress, he applied to God, not to them; he knew they were his fellow-servants, Revelation 22:9 . Nor did he consult Laban's teraphim; it was enough for him that he had a God to go to. To him he addresses himself with all possible solemnity, so running for safety into the name of the Lord, as a strong tower, Proverbs 18:10 . This prayer is the more remarkable because it won him the honour of being an Israel, a prince with God, and the father of the praying remnant, who are hence called the seed of Jacob, to whom he never said, Seek you me in vain. Now it is worth while to enquire what there was extraordinary in this prayer, that it should gain the petitioner all this honour. I. The request itself is one, and very express: Deliver me from the hand of my brother, Genesis 32:11 ; Genesis 32:11 . Though there was no human probability on his side, yet he believed the power of God could rescue him as a lamb out of the bloody jaws of the loin. Note, 1. We have leave to be particular in our addresses to God, to mention the particular straits and difficulties we are in; for the God with whom we have to do is one we may be free with: we have liberty of speech ( parresia ) at the throne of grace. 2. When our brethren aim to be our destroyers, it is our comfort that we have a Father to whom we may apply as our deliverer. II. The pleas are many, and very powerful; never was cause better ordered, Job 23:4 . He offers up his request with great faith, fervency, and humility. How earnestly does he beg! Deliver me, I pray thee, Genesis 32:11 ; Genesis 32:11 . His fear made him importunate. With what holy logic does he argue! With what divine eloquence does he plead! Here is a noble copy to write after. 1. He addresses himself to God as the God of his fathers, Genesis 32:9 ; Genesis 32:9 . Such was the humble self-denying sense he had of his own unworthiness that he did not call God his own God, but a God in covenant with his ancestors: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac; and this he could the better plead because the covenant, by divine designation, was entailed upon him. Note, God's covenant with our fathers may be a comfort to us when were are in distress. It has often been so to the Lord's people, Psalms 22:4 ; Psalms 22:5 . Being born in God's house, we are taken under his special protection. 2. He produces his warrant: Thou saidst unto me, Return unto thy country. He did not rashly leave his place with Laban, nor undertake this journey out of a fickle humour, or a foolish fondness for his native country, but in obedience to God's command. Note, (1.) We may be in the way of our duty, and yet may meet with trouble and distress in that way. As prosperity will not prove us in the right, so cross events will not prove us in the wrong; we may be going whither God calls us, and yet may think our way hedged up with thorns. (2.) We may comfortably trust God with our safety, while we carefully keep to our duty. If God be our guide, he will be our guard. 3. He humbly acknowledges his own unworthiness to receive any favour from God ( Genesis 32:10 ; Genesis 32:10 ): I am not worthy; it is an unusual plea. Some would think he should have pleaded that what was now in danger was his own, against all the world, and that he had earned it dear enough; no, he pleads, Lord, I am not worthy of it. Note, Self-denial and self-abasement well become us in all our addresses to the throne of grace. Christ never commended any of his petitioners so much as him who said, Lord, I am not worthy ( Matthew 8:8 ), and her who said, Truth, Lord, yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table, Matthew 15:27 . Now observe here, (1.) How magnificently and honourably he speaks of the mercies of God to him. We have here, mercies, in the plural number, and inexhaustible spring, and innumerable streams; mercies and truth, that is, past mercies given according to the promise, and further mercies secured by the promise. Note, What is laid up in God's truth, as well as what is laid out in God's mercies, is the matter both of the comforts and the praises of active believers. Nay, observe, it is all the mercies, and all the truth; the manner of expression is copious, and intimates that his heart was full of God's goodness. (2.) How meanly and humbly he speaks of himself, disclaiming all thought of his own merit: " I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies, much less am I worthy of so great a favour as this I am now suing for." Jacob was a considerable man, and, upon many accounts, very deserving, and, in treating with Laban, had justly insisted on his merits, but not before God. I am less than all thy mercies; so the word is. Note, The best and greatest of men are utterly unworthy of the least favour from God, and just be ready to own it upon all occasions. It was the excellent Mr. Herbert's motto, Less than the least of all God's mercies. Those are best prepared for the greatest mercies that see themselves unworthy of the least. 4. He thankfully owns God's goodness to him in his banishment, and how much it had outdone his expectations: " With my staff I passed over this Jordan, poor and desolate, like a forlorn and despised pilgrim;" he had no guides, no companions, no attendants, no conveniences for travel, but his staff only, nothing else to stay himself upon; " and now I have become two bands, now I am surrounded with a numerous and comfortable retinue of children and servants:" though it was his distress that had now obliged him to divide his family into two bands, yet he makes use of that for the magnifying of the mercy of his increase. Note, (1.) The increase of our families is then comfortable indeed to us when we see God's mercies, and his truth, in it. (2.) Those whose latter end greatly increases ought, with humility and thankfulness, to remember how small their beginning was. Jacob pleads, "Lord, thou didst keep me when I went out with only my staff, and had but one life to lose; wilt thou not keep me now that so many are embarked with me?" 5. He urges the extremity of the peril he was in: Lord, deliver me from Esau, for I fear him, Genesis 32:11 ; Genesis 32:11 . The people of God have not been shy of telling God their fears; for they know he takes cognizance of them, and considers them. The fear that quickens prayer is itself pleadable. It was not a robber, but a murderer, that he was afraid of; nor was it his own life only that lay at stake, but the mothers' and the children's, that had left their native soil to go along with him. Note, Natural affection may furnish us with allowable acceptable pleas in prayer. 6. He insists especially upon the promise God had made him ( Genesis 32:9 ; Genesis 32:9 ): Thou saidst, I will deal well with thee, and again, in the close ( Genesis 32:12 ; Genesis 32:12 ): Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good. Note, (1.) The best we can say to God in prayer is what he has said to us. God's promises, as they are the surest guide of our desires in prayer, and furnish us with the best petitions, so they are the firmest ground of our hopes, and furnish us with the best pleas. "Lord, thou saidst thus and thus; and wilt thou not be as good as thy word, the word upon which thou had caused me to hope? " Psalms 119:49 . (2.) The most general promises are applicable to particular cases. "Thou saidst, I will do thee good; Lord, do me good in this matter." He pleads also a particular promise, that of the multiplying of his seed. "Lord, what will become of that promise, if they be all cut off?" Note, [1.] There are promises to the families of good people, which are improvable in prayer for family-mercies, ordinary and extraordinary, Genesis 17:17 ; Psalms 112:2 ; Psalms 102:28 . [2.] The world's threatenings should drive us to God's promises. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-13-23" class="com-number"
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야곱의 기도.
우리의 규칙은 환난 때에 하나님을 부르는 것이다. 이 이야기에서 우리는 그 규칙의 예를 보게 되며, 그 결과는 우리가 이 예를 따르도록 격려한다. 지금은 야곱의 환난 때이었지만 그는 거기서 구원될 것이다(렘 30:7). 야곱은 고난 중에 주님을 찾았고 주님께서 그에게 응답하셨다. 두려움의 때는 기도의 때여야 한다. 우리를 두렵게 하는 것이 무엇이든 그것이 우리를 무릎 꿇게 하여 하나님께로 이끌어야 한다. 야곱은 방금 천사들의 호위를 보았지만, 이 고난 중에 천사들이 아닌 하나님께 나아갔다. 그는 천사들이 자신과 함께 하나님을 섬기는 종들임을 알았기 때문이다(계 22:9). 그는 라반의 드라빔에 의지하지도 않았으니, 나아갈 하나님이 있는 것으로 충분했다. 야곱은 주님의 이름으로, 견고한 망대처럼(잠 18:10), 피할 곳을 찾으며 최대한 엄숙하게 하나님께 아뢰었다. 이 기도는 기도자에게 "이스라엘, 하나님과 겨루어 이긴 자"라는 영예와, "야곱의 씨"라 불리는 기도하는 남은 자들의 아버지가 되는 영예를 얻게 했다는 점에서 더욱 주목할 만하다. 이 기도에서 청원자에게 이토록 큰 영예를 가져다준 특별한 것이 무엇인지 살펴볼 가치가 있다.
첫째, 청원 자체는 한 가지로 매우 명확하다. "청하오니 제 형의 손에서, 곧 에서의 손에서 저를 건져 주십시오"(창 32:11). 인간적인 가능성이 그의 편에 전혀 없었지만, 그는 하나님의 능력이 사자의 피 묻은 아가리에서 어린 양처럼 자신을 구해낼 수 있다고 믿었다. (1) 우리는 하나님께 특별한 것들로 아뢸 수 있는 허락이 있으니, 우리가 처한 특별한 위기와 어려움을 언급할 수 있다. 우리가 상대하는 하나님은 우리가 자유롭게 말할 수 있는 분이다. 은혜의 보좌에서 담대히 말할 수 있는 자유가 있다. (2) 형제들이 우리를 파멸시키려 할 때, 우리에게 건져주시는 아버지가 계시다는 것이 위로이다.
둘째, 간구를 뒷받침하는 탄원들은 많고 매우 강력하다(욥 23:4). 야곱은 큰 믿음과 열정과 겸손으로 자신의 청원을 드린다. 얼마나 간절히 구하는가! "청하오니 저를 건져 주십시오"(창 32:11). 그의 두려움이 그를 간절하게 만들었다. 얼마나 거룩한 논리로 간구하는가! 얼마나 거룩한 웅변으로 탄원하는가! 여기에 따를 만한 훌륭한 본보기가 있다.
(1) 그는 조상들의 하나님으로 하나님께 아뢴다(창 32:9). 그는 자신의 무가치함에 대해 겸손하게 자신을 낮추는 의식을 가지고 있어서, 하나님을 자신의 하나님이라 부르지 않고 조상들과 언약을 맺으신 하나님이라 불렀다. "제 조상 아브라함의 하나님, 제 아버지 이삭의 하나님이시여"(창 32:9). 그러나 이 언약은 하나님의 계획으로 야곱에게 이어진 것이었으므로 그는 더 잘 탄원할 수 있었다. 하나님의 조상들과의 언약은 우리가 고난 중에 위로가 될 수 있다. 하나님의 집에서 태어난 우리는 그분의 특별한 보호 아래 있다.
(2) 그는 자신의 근거를 제시한다. "주께서 제게 '네 고향, 네 친족에게로 돌아가거라. 내가 너를 잘 되게 하겠다' 하고 말씀하셨습니다"(창 32:9). 그는 변덕이나 고향에 대한 어리석은 그리움으로 라반의 곁을 경솔하게 떠난 것이 아니라, 하나님의 명령에 순종하여 이 여정을 시작한 것이다. 우리의 의무의 길을 가면서도 고난과 고통을 만날 수 있다. 번영이 우리가 옳다는 것을 증명하지 않듯, 역경이 우리가 그르다는 것을 증명하지 않는다. 우리가 하나님의 인도하심을 받을 때, 그분이 우리를 지켜주실 것이다.
(3) 그는 하나님으로부터 어떤 은혜도 받을 자격이 없음을 겸손히 인정한다(창 32:10). "주께서 종에게 베푸신 그 모든 인자하심과 모든 진실하심에 비하면, 저는 그 가장 작은 것조차 받을 자격이 없습니다"(창 32:10). 자아 부정과 자아 낮춤은 은혜의 보좌에서 드리는 모든 간구에 잘 어울린다. 그리스도께서 자신의 기도자들 중에서 "주여, 나는 자격이 없습니다"(마 8:8)라고 말한 자와 "주여, 그렇습니다. 그러나 상 아래 개들도 자녀들의 상에서 떨어지는 부스러기를 먹나이다"(마 15:27)라고 말한 자만큼 칭찬하신 분이 없었다. 그는 하나님의 은혜에 대해 얼마나 웅장하고 명예롭게 말하는지 보라. 수많은 "인자하심", 다함없는 샘과 셀 수 없는 흐름들, "인자하심과 진실하심", 곧 약속대로 주어진 과거의 은혜와 약속으로 보장된 미래의 은혜가 있다. 그리고 가장 낮고 겸손하게 자신에 대해 말하기를, "저는 주께서 주의 종에게 베푸신 모든 인자하심 중 가장 작은 것도 받을 자격이 없습니다."
(4) 그는 유배 기간 동안 하나님의 선하심을 감사히 인정하며, 그것이 자신의 기대를 얼마나 능가했는지 고백한다. "저는 지팡이 하나만 짚고 이 요단강을 건넜습니다"(창 32:10). 안내자도, 동반자도, 수행원도, 여행의 편의도 없이, 오직 지팡이 하나만 의지했다. "그런데 이제는 두 무리를 이루게 되었습니다"(창 32:10). 지금은 고난으로 인해 가족을 두 무리로 나누었지만, 그는 그 사실을 자신의 번성에 대한 하나님의 은혜를 더욱 크게 만드는 데 사용한다.
(5) 그는 자신이 처한 위험의 극심함을 강조한다. "청하오니 제 형의 손에서, 곧 에서의 손에서 저를 건져 주십시오. 그가 와서 저와 아이들과 그 어머니들까지 칠까 두렵습니다"(창 32:11). 하나님의 백성은 하나님께 자신의 두려움을 말하는 것을 거리끼지 않았으니, 하나님께서 그것을 인식하시고 헤아리신다는 것을 알기 때문이다. 자신뿐 아니라 어머니들과 자녀들의 생명이 위태롭다고 했으니, 자연적인 애정은 기도에서 허용되는 간구를 제공해 줄 수 있다.
(6) 그는 특히 하나님께서 자신에게 하신 약속을 강조한다(창 32:9, 12). "주께서 말씀하시기를 '내가 반드시 너를 잘 되게 하고, 네 자손을 너무 많아서 셀 수 없는 바닷가의 모래처럼 만들겠다' 하셨습니다"(창 32:12). 기도에서 하나님께 아뢸 수 있는 최선은 그분께서 우리에게 하신 말씀이다. 하나님의 약속들은 기도의 가장 확실한 안내자이며 가장 확고한 소망의 근거이다. 또한 그는 특별한 약속, 곧 자신의 씨를 번성하게 하시겠다는 약속도 탄원한다. "주여, 만약 그들 모두가 끊어진다면 그 약속은 어떻게 됩니까?" 가족들에 관한 약속들은 가족의 은혜를 위한 기도에서 활용할 수 있다. 세상의 위협들은 우리를 하나님의 약속으로 이끌어야 한다.
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Jacob's Present to Esau. . 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. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. 21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. Jacob, having piously made God his friend by a prayer, is here prudently endeavouring to make Esau his friend by a present. He had prayed to God to deliver him from the hand of Esau, for he feared him; but neither did his fear sink into such a despair as dispirits for the use of means, nor did his prayer make him presume upon God's mercy, without the use of means. Note, When we have prayed to God for any mercy, we must second our prayers with our endeavours; else, instead of trusting god, we tempt him; we must so depend upon God's providence as to make use of our own prudence. "Help thyself, and God will help thee;" God answers our prayers by teaching us to order our affairs with discretion. To pacify Esau, I. Jacob sent him a very noble present, not of jewels or fine garments (he had them not), but of cattle, to the number of 580 in all, Genesis 32:13-15 ; Genesis 32:13-15 . Now, 1. It was an evidence of the great increase with which God had blessed Jacob that he could spare such a number of cattle out of his stock. 2. It was an evidence of his wisdom that he would willingly part with some, to secure the rest; some men's covetousness loses them more than ever it gained them, and, by grudging a little expense, they expose themselves to great damage; skin for skin, and all that a man has, if he be a wise man, he will give for his life. 3. It was a present that he thought would be acceptable to Esau, who had traded so much in hunting wild beasts that perhaps he was but ill furnished with tame cattle with which to stock his new conquests. And we may suppose that the mixed colours of Jacob's cattle, ring-straked, speckled, and spotted, would please Esau's fancy. 4. He promised himself that by this present he should gain Esau's favour; for a gift commonly prospers, which way soever it turns ( Proverbs 17:8 ), and makes room for a man ( Proverbs 18:16 ); nay, it pacifies anger and strong wrath, Proverbs 21:14 . Note, [1.] We must not despair of reconciling ourselves even to those that have been most exasperated against us; we ought not to judge men unappeasable, till we have tried to appease them. [2.] Peace and love, though purchased dearly, will prove a good bargain to the purchaser. Many a morose ill-natured man would have said, in Jacob's case, "Esau has vowed my death without cause, and he shall never be a farthing the better for me; I will see him far enough before I will send him a present:" but Jacob forgives and forgets. II. He sent him a very humble message, which he ordered his servants to deliver in the best manner, Genesis 32:17 ; Genesis 32:18 . They must call Esau their lord, and Jacob his servant; they must tell him the cattle they had was a small present which Jacob had sent him, as a specimen of his acquisitions while he was abroad. The cattle he sent were to be disposed of in several droves, and the servants that attended each drove were to deliver the same message, that the present might appear the more valuable, and his submission, so often repeated, might be the more likely to influence Esau. They must especially take care to tell him that Jacob was coming after ( Genesis 32:18-20 ; Genesis 32:18-20 ), that he might not suspect he had fled through fear. Note, A friendly confidence in men's goodness may help to prevent the mischief designed us by their badness: if Jacob will seem not to be afraid of Esau, Esau, it may be hoped, will not be a terror to Jacob. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-24-32" class="com-number"
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에서를 위한 야곱의 예물.
야곱은 기도로 하나님과 화목하게 된 후, 이제 예물로 에서와 화목하려 현명하게 힘쓴다. 그는 에서의 손에서 자신을 구해 달라고 하나님께 기도했으나, 그의 두려움이 수단 사용을 포기할 만큼의 절망으로 가라앉지 않았고, 기도한다고 수단을 쓰지 않아도 된다는 교만으로 흐르지도 않았다. 하나님의 자비를 신뢰하되 자신의 지혜도 사용해야 한다. "스스로 도우라. 그러면 하나님이 도우시리라." 하나님께서는 우리의 기도에 우리 일을 슬기롭게 처리하도록 가르치심으로써 응답하신다.
첫째, 야곱은 에서에게 매우 귀한 예물을 보냈으니, 보석이나 고운 옷이 아니라(그런 것이 없었다) 가축들로, 모두 합쳐 580마리였다(창 32:13~15). (1) 이것은 하나님께서 야곱에게 베풀어 주신 큰 번성의 증거였으니, 그가 자기 가축 중에서 그토록 많은 수를 떼어 줄 수 있었다는 것이다. (2) 이것은 그의 지혜의 증거였으니, 나머지를 지키기 위해 기꺼이 일부를 양보했다. 어떤 사람들의 탐욕은 그들이 얻은 것보다 더 많은 것을 잃게 한다. (3) 이것은 에서에게 기쁨이 될 만한 예물이었으니, 에서는 들짐승 사냥으로 생계를 유지해 왔기에 가축이 부족했을 것이다. 야곱은 이 예물로 에서의 호의를 얻기를 기대했으니, 선물은 어디로 향하든지 형통하게 하며(잠 17:8) 사람을 위해 길을 낸다(잠 18:16). 뿐만 아니라 분노와 크게 격한 진노도 가라앉힌다(잠 21:14). 우리는 우리에게 가장 노한 자들과도 화해를 포기해서는 안 된다. 화평과 사랑은 비싸게 사더라도 산 자에게 좋은 거래가 된다.
둘째, 야곱은 종들이 잘 전달하도록 지시한 매우 겸손한 전갈을 보냈다(창 32:17~18). 종들은 에서를 주인이라 부르고 야곱을 그의 종이라 불러야 했으며, 그들이 이끄는 가축들이 야곱이 해외에 있는 동안 얻은 것들의 일부로 보낸 작은 예물이라고 말해야 했다. 보낸 가축들은 여러 무리로 나뉘어 배치되었으며, 각 무리를 수행하는 종들은 같은 전갈을 전하도록 했으니, 예물이 더 귀해 보이고 거듭되는 그의 복종이 에서에게 더 큰 영향을 미치도록 하기 위함이었다. 그들은 특히 야곱이 뒤따라오고 있음을 알려야 했으니(창 32:18~20), 에서가 두려움으로 도망쳤다고 의심하지 않도록 하기 위함이었다. 사람들의 선함에 대한 친근한 신뢰는 그들의 악의로 계획된 해악을 막는 데 도움이 될 수 있다.
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Jacob Wrestles with an Angel. . 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. We have here the remarkable story of Jacob's wrestling with the angel and prevailing, which is referred to, Hosea 12:4 . Very early in the morning, a great while before day, Jacob had helped his wives and his children over the river, and he desired to be private, and was left alone, that he might again more fully spread his cares and fears before God in prayer. Note, We ought to continue instant in prayer, always to pray and not to faint: frequency and importunity in prayer prepare us for mercy. While Jacob was earnest in prayer, stirring up himself to take hold on God, an angel takes hold on him. Some think this was a created angel, the angel of his presence ( Isaiah 63:9 ), one of those that always behold the face of our Father and attend on the shechinah, or the divine Majesty, which probably Jacob had also in view. Others think it was Michael our prince, the eternal Word, the angel of the covenant, who is indeed the Lord of the angels, who often appeared in a human shape before he assumed the human nature for a perpetuity; whichsoever it was, we are sure God's name was in him, Exodus 23:21 . Observe, I. How Jacob and this angel engaged, Genesis 32:24 ; Genesis 32:24 . It was a single combat, hand to hand; they had neither of them any seconds. Jacob was now full of care and fear about the interview he expected, next day, with his brother, and, to aggravate the trial, God himself seemed to come forth against him as an enemy, to oppose his entrance into the land of promise, and to dispute the pass with him, not suffering him to follow his wives and children whom he had sent before. Note, Strong believers must expect divers temptations, and strong ones. We are told by the prophet ( Hosea 12:4 ) how Jacob wrestled: he wept, and made supplication; prayers and tears were his weapons. It was not only a corporal, but a spiritual, wrestling, by the vigorous actings of faith and holy desire; and thus all the spiritual seed of Jacob, that pray in praying, still wrestle with God. II. What was the success of the engagement. 1. Jacob kept his ground; though the struggle continued long, the angel, prevailed not against him ( Genesis 32:25 ; Genesis 32:25 ), that is, this discouragement did not shake his faith, nor silence his prayer. It was not in his own strength that he wrestled, nor by his own strength that he prevailed, but in and by strength derived from Heaven. That of Job illustrates this ( Job 23:6 ), Will he plead against me with his great power? No (had the angel done so, Jacob had been crushed), but he will put strength in me; and by that strength Jacob had power over the angel, Hosea 12:4 . Note, We cannot prevail with God but in his own strength. It is his Spirit that intercedes in us, and helps our infirmities, Romans 8:26 . 2. The angel put out Jacob's thigh, to show him what he could do, and that it was God he was wrestling with, for no man could disjoint his thigh with a touch. Some think that Jacob felt little or no pain from this hurt; it is probable that he did not, for he did not so much as halt till the struggle was over ( Genesis 32:31 ; Genesis 32:31 ), and, if so, this was an evidence of a divine touch indeed, which wounded and healed at the same time. Jacob prevailed, and yet had his thigh put out. Note, Wrestling believers may obtain glorious victories, and yet come off with broken bones; for when they are weak then are they strong, weak in themselves, but strong in Christ, 2 Corinthians 12:10 . Our honours and comforts in this world have their alloys. 3. The angel, by an admirable condescension, mildly requests Jacob to let him go ( Genesis 32:26 ; Genesis 32:26 ), as God said to Moses ( Exodus 32:10 ), Let me alone. Could not a mighty angel get clear of Jacob's grapples? He could; but thus he would put an honour on Jacob's faith and prayer, and further try his constancy. The king is held in the galleries ( Song of Solomon 7:5 ); I held him (says the spouse) and would not let him go, Song of Solomon 3:4 . The reason the angel gives why he would be gone is because the day breaks, and therefore he would not any longer detain Jacob, who had business to do, a journey to go, a family to look after, which, especially in this critical juncture, called for his attendance. Note, Every thing is beautiful in its season; even the business of religion, and the comforts of communion with God, must sometimes give way to the necessary affairs of this life: God will have mercy, and not sacrifice. 4. Jacob persists in his holy importunity: I will not let thee go, except thou bless me; whatever becomes of his family and journey, he resolves to make the best he can of this opportunity, and not to lose the advantage of his victory: he does not mean to wrestle all night for nothing, but humbly resolves he will have a blessing, and rather shall all his bones be put out of joint than he will go away without one. The credit of a conquest will do him no good without the comfort of a blessing. In begging this blessing he owns his inferiority, though he seemed to have the upper hand in the struggle; for the less is blessed of the better. Note, Those that would have the blessing of Christ must be in good earnest, and be importunate for it, as those that resolve to have no denial. It is the fervent prayer that is the effectual prayer. 5. The angel puts a perpetual mark of honour upon him, by changing his name ( Genesis 32:27 ; Genesis 32:28 ): "Thou art a brave combatant" (says the angel), "a man of heroic resolution; what is thy name?" "Jacob," says he, a supplanter; so Jacob signifies: "Well," says the angel, "be thou never so called any more; henceforth thou shalt be celebrated, not for craft and artful management, but for true valour; thou shalt be called Israel, a prince with God, a name greater than those of the great men of the earth." He is a prince indeed that is a prince with God, and those are truly honourable that are mighty in prayer, Israels, Israelites indeed. Jacob is here knighted in the field, as it were, and has a title of honour given him by him that is the fountain of honour, which will remain, to his praise, to the end of time. Yet this was not all; having power with God, he shall have power with men too. Having prevailed for a blessing from heaven, he shall, no doubt, prevail for Esau's favour. Note, Whatever enemies we have, if we can but make God our friend, we are well off; those that by faith have power in heaven have thereby as much on earth as they have occasion for. 6. He dismisses him with a blessing, Genesis 32:29 ; Genesis 32:29 . Jacob desired to know the angel's name, that he might, according to his capacity, do him honour, Judges 13:17 . But that request was denied, that he might not be too proud of his conquest, nor think he had the angel at such an advantage as to oblige him to what he pleased. No, " Wherefore dost thou ask after my name? What good will it do thee to know that?" The discovery of that was reserved for his death-bed, upon which he was taught to call him Shiloh. But, instead of telling him his name, he gave him his blessing, which was the thing he wrestled for: He blessed him there, repeated and ratified the blessing formerly given him. Note, Spiritual blessings, which secure our felicity, are better and much more desirable than fine notions which satisfy our curiosity. An interest in the angel's blessing is better than an acquaintance with his name. The tree of life is better than the tree of knowledge. Thus Jacob carried his point; a blessing he wrestled for, and a blessing he had; nor did ever any of his praying seed seek in vain. See how wonderfully God condescends to countenance and crown importunate prayer: those that resolve, though God slay them, yet to trust in him, will, at length, be more than conquerors. 7. Jacob gives a new name to the place; he calls it Peniel, the face of God ( Genesis 32:30 ; Genesis 32:30 ), because there he had seen the appearance of God, and obtained the favour of God. Observe, The name he gives to the place preserves and perpetuates, not the honour of his valour or victory, but only the honour of God's free grace. He does not say, "In this place I wrestled with God, and prevailed;" but, "In this place I saw God face to face, and my life was preserved;" not, "It was my praise that I came off a conqueror, but it was God's mercy that I escaped with my life." Note, It becomes those whom God honours to take shame to themselves, and to admire the condescensions of his grace to them. Thus David did, after God had sent him a gracious message ( 2 Samuel 7:18 ), Who am I, O Lord God? 8. The memorandum Jacob carried of this in his bones: He halted on his thigh ( Genesis 32:31 ; Genesis 32:31 ); some think he continued to do so to his dying-day; and, if he did, he had no reason to complain, for the honour and comfort he obtained by this struggle were abundantly sufficient to countervail the damage, though he went limping to his grave. He had no reason to look upon it as his reproach thus to bear in his body the marks of the Lord Jesus ( Galatians 6:17 ); yet it might serve, like Paul's thorn in the flesh, to keep him from being lifted up with the abundance of the revelations. Notice is taken of the sun's rising upon him when he passed over Penuel; for it is sunrise with that soul that has communion with God. The inspired penman mentions a traditional custom which the seed of Jacob had, in remembrance of this, never to eat of that sinew, or muscle, in any beast, by which the hip-bone is fixed in its cup: thus they preserved the memorial of this story, and gave occasion to their children to enquire concerning it; they also did honour to the memory of Jacob. And this use we may still make of it, to acknowledge the mercy of God, and our obligations to Jesus Christ, that we may now keep up our communion with God, in faith, hope, and love, without peril either of life or limb. return to ' Top of Page ' Genesis Gen 31 Genesis Gen Genesis Gen 33 Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Bibliographical Information Henry, Matthew. "Complete Commentary on Genesis 32". 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pericope/per-gen-32-004
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bible-text/gen-32-24, bible-text/gen-32-25, bible-text/gen-32-26, bible-text/gen-32-27, bible-text/gen-32-28, bible-text/gen-32-29, bible-text/gen-32-30, bible-text/gen-32-31, bible-text/gen-32-32
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source-manifest/mhm— Matthew Henry Complete Commentary (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological
야곱이 천사와 씨름하다.
이 이야기는 호세아 12:4에서 언급된다. 이른 아침, 날이 밝기 한참 전에 야곱은 아내들과 자녀들을 강 건너편으로 보내고 홀로 있기를 원했으니, 기도 중에 자신의 근심과 두려움을 하나님 앞에 더 충분히 펼쳐 놓기 위함이었다. 우리는 항상 기도해야 하며 낙심해서는 안 된다. 야곱이 열심히 기도하며, 하나님을 붙잡으려 스스로를 분발시키자, 한 사람이 그를 붙잡는다. 어떤 이들은 이것이 피조된 천사, 곧 "그의 현존의 사자"(사 63:9)라고 생각하며, 이 사자들은 항상 우리 아버지의 얼굴을 보고 영광스러운 거룩한 임재(쉐키나)를 수행한다고 본다. 다른 이들은 이것이 "우리 왕 미가엘", 곧 영원하신 말씀, 언약의 천사라고 생각하는데, 그분은 인간의 본성을 영원히 취하시기 전에 자주 인간의 모습으로 나타나셨다. 누구이든지 간에, "하나님의 이름이 그 안에 있다"는 것은 확실하다(출 23:21).
첫째, 야곱과 이 사람이 어떻게 씨름하게 되었는지 살펴보자(창 32:24). 이것은 단둘이 하는 씨름이었고, 어느 쪽도 조력자가 없었다. 야곱은 다음날 형과의 만남에 대한 근심과 두려움으로 가득 차 있었는데, 이 시련을 더욱 가중시키듯 하나님께서 친히 원수처럼 그를 대적하시어 약속의 땅에 들어가는 것을 막으시고, 먼저 보낸 아내들과 자녀들을 따라가지 못하게 하시는 것 같았다. 강한 믿음의 사람들은 다양하고 강한 시험들을 각오해야 한다. 선지자는 야곱이 어떻게 씨름했는지 우리에게 알려준다(호 12:4). "그가 울며 은혜를 구하였다." 눈물과 간구가 그의 무기였다. 이것은 육체적인 씨름일 뿐만 아니라, 믿음과 거룩한 열망의 생동감 있는 발현에 의한 영적인 씨름이었으며, 이처럼 기도하는 야곱의 영적인 후손들 모두가 여전히 하나님과 씨름한다.
둘째, 씨름의 결과를 살펴보자. (1) 야곱은 자기 자리를 지켰다. 씨름이 오래 지속되었지만 그 사람이 야곱을 이기지 못했으니(창 32:25), 이 낙담이 그의 믿음을 흔들거나 기도를 멈추지 못했다는 것이다. 그가 씨름한 것은 자신의 힘으로 된 것이 아니었고, 하늘에서 받은 힘으로 이긴 것이었다. 욥기 23:6은 이것을 잘 설명한다. "그가 큰 능력으로 나를 대적하여 변론하실까? 아니라, 오히려 내게 힘을 주실 것이라." 그 힘으로 야곱이 천사보다 강하게 되었다(호 12:4). 우리는 하나님의 힘으로만 하나님을 이길 수 있다. 그분의 영이 우리 안에서 간구하시며 우리의 연약함을 도우신다(롬 8:26). (2) 그 사람은 야곱의 넓적다리 관절을 쳤으니(창 32:25), 자신이 무엇을 할 수 있는지, 그리고 야곱이 하나님과 씨름하고 있음을 보여주기 위함이었다. 어떤 이들은 야곱이 이 상처로부터 거의 아픔을 느끼지 않았다고 생각한다. 씨름이 끝날 때까지 그가 다리를 절지 않았다면(창 32:31) 그럴 수도 있다. 만약 그렇다면, 이것은 상처를 주는 동시에 치유하는 신성한 손길의 증거였다. 야곱은 이겼지만 넓적다리 관절이 어긋났다. 씨름하는 신자들은 영광스러운 승리를 얻으면서도 부러진 뼈를 가지고 나올 수 있으니, 왜냐하면 "그들이 약할 때 강함이라"(고후 12:10), 즉 스스로는 약하지만 그리스도 안에서 강하기 때문이다. 이 세상의 우리의 영광과 위로에는 합금이 있다. (3) 그 사람은 놀라운 겸손으로 야곱에게 자신을 놓아 달라고 부드럽게 요청한다(창 32:26). 전능한 천사가 야곱의 팔 안에서 빠져나오지 못했을까? 그럴 수 있었다. 그러나 이렇게 함으로써 야곱의 믿음과 기도를 더욱 영광스럽게 하고 그의 불굴의 의지를 시험하려 했다. "왕은 정자 안에 잡혀 있다"(아 7:5). "내가 그를 붙잡고 놓지 않았다"(아 3:4). 그 사람이 가려는 이유는 날이 새기 때문이니, 야곱이 해야 할 일이 있고, 여행을 가야 하고, 가족을 돌봐야 하는데 이 결정적인 시점에서 특히 그의 출석이 필요했기 때문이다. 종교의 일과 하나님과의 교제의 위로도 때로는 이 삶의 필요한 일들을 위해 양보해야 한다. 하나님은 "제사보다 긍휼을 원하신다." (4) 야곱은 거룩한 간절함으로 계속 붙잡는다. "저를 축복해 주시지 않으면 가시게 하지 않겠습니다"(창 32:26). 가족과 여행이 어떻게 되든, 그는 이 기회를 최대한 살리고 자신의 승리의 이점을 잃지 않으려 결심한다. 그는 밤새 씨름하고 아무것도 얻지 않으려는 것이 아니라, 겸손히 복을 받고야 말겠다고 결심한다. 야곱이 겉으로는 우위에 있는 것처럼 보였지만, 복을 구하면서 자신의 열등함을 인정한다. "작은 자는 큰 자에게서 복을 받는다." 그리스도의 복을 원하는 자들은 진지하게, 거절당하지 않겠다는 결의로 간구해야 한다. 뜨거운 기도가 효과 있는 기도이다. (5) 그 사람은 이름을 바꾸어 줌으로써 그에게 영구적인 영예의 표를 남긴다(창 32:27~28). "너는 용감한 전사이다. 영웅적인 결단의 사람이다. 네 이름이 무엇이냐?" "야곱입니다"라고 그가 말한다. 그 이름은 "속이는 자"를 의미한다. "그러면 다시는 그 이름으로 불리지 않을 것이다. 이제부터 너는 간계가 아닌 참된 용기로 유명해질 것이다. 네 이름을 다시는 야곱이라 하지 않고 이스라엘이라 부를 것이니, 네가 하나님과 사람들과 겨루어 이겼기 때문이다"(창 32:28). 지상의 위대한 자들의 이름보다 더 큰 이름이다. 하나님과 함께하는 왕자는 참으로 왕자이며, 기도에 능한 자들이 참으로 존귀하다. 야곱은 이 자리에서 기사 작위를 받은 것이며, 영예의 원천이신 분께서 그에게 세상 끝날까지 그를 칭송하게 할 영예의 칭호를 주셨다. 그러나 이것이 전부가 아니었다. 하나님과 함께 능력을 가졌으니 사람들과도 능력을 가질 것이다. 하늘로부터 복을 얻었으니 에서의 호의도 얻을 것이다. 하나님을 친구로 삼을 수 있다면 어떤 원수가 있어도 괜찮다. (6) 그 사람은 야곱에게 복을 주며 그를 보낸다(창 32:29). 야곱은 자기의 역량껏 그 사람을 공경하기 위해 그의 이름을 알고 싶어 했다(삿 13:17). 그러나 그 요청은 거절당했으니, 자신의 승리를 너무 자랑스러워하지 않도록 하기 위함이었다. "어찌하여 내 이름을 묻느냐?"(창 32:29) 그 이름의 계시는 야곱이 "실로"라고 부르도록 가르침을 받은 임종의 자리까지 유보되었다. 이름을 말해주는 대신, 그는 야곱이 씨름하여 얻으려 했던 것, 곧 복을 주었다. "그가 거기서 야곱을 축복하였다"(창 32:29). 우리의 행복을 보장하는 영적인 복들은 우리의 호기심을 만족시키는 지식보다 훨씬 더 낫고 바람직하다. 그 사람의 복에 참여하는 것이 그의 이름을 아는 것보다 낫다. 생명나무가 지식나무보다 낫다. 이처럼 야곱은 자신의 목적을 이뤘다. 복을 위해 씨름했고 복을 받았다. 기도하는 그의 후손들 중 누구도 헛되이 구한 자가 없었다. 하나님께서 끈질긴 기도를 격려하고 보답하시는 방식을 보라. 하나님이 자신을 죽이실지라도 그분을 신뢰하겠다고 결단하는 자들은 결국 정복자 이상이 될 것이다. (7) 야곱은 그 장소에 새 이름을 붙인다. 그는 그곳을 "브니엘(하나님의 얼굴)"이라 불렀으니(창 32:30), 거기서 하나님의 형상을 보고 하나님의 은혜를 받았기 때문이다. 그가 그 장소에 붙인 이름은 자신의 용기나 승리의 영예가 아니라 하나님의 자유로운 은혜의 영예만을 보존하고 영속시킨다. "이 곳에서 내가 하나님과 씨름하여 이겼다"고 말하지 않고 "내가 하나님을 얼굴과 얼굴을 마주하여 뵙고도 내 생명을 보존하였다"(창 32:30)고 말한다. "내가 이긴 것은 내 공로가 아니라, 살아 남은 것은 하나님의 자비였다." 하나님께서 영광스럽게 하신 자들은 스스로 부끄러워하며 그분의 은혜의 겸손함에 경이로움을 느끼는 것이 마땅하다. 다윗이 하나님께서 은혜로운 메시지를 보내신 후 그렇게 했다(삼하 7:18). "주 하나님이시여, 나는 누구입니까?" (8) 야곱이 뼛속에 이것을 기념으로 지녔다. 그는 넓적다리 때문에 절뚝거렸다(창 32:31). 어떤 이들은 그가 죽는 날까지 그렇게 했다고 생각하는데, 만약 그렇다 해도 불평할 이유가 없었으니, 이 씨름으로 얻은 영예와 위로가 절뚝거리며 무덤까지 가는 손실을 충분히 보상하고도 남음이 있었기 때문이다. 이처럼 "몸에 예수의 흔적을 지니는 것"(갈 6:17)은 그의 부끄러움이 아니었다. 그러나 그것은 풍부한 계시들 때문에 높아지지 않도록 하는 바울의 육체의 가시처럼 역할을 할 수 있었다. 야곱이 브니엘을 지날 때 그에게 해가 떠올랐다는 것이 언급된다(창 32:31). 하나님과 교제하는 영혼에게는 해가 뜬다. 성경의 영감 받은 저자는 야곱의 후손들이 이 일을 기념하여 넓적다리 관절 위에 있는 둔부의 힘줄을 먹지 않는 전통적인 관습을 언급한다(창 32:32). 이렇게 하여 그들은 이 이야기의 기억을 보존하고 자녀들이 그것에 대해 물어볼 기회를 만들었으며, 야곱의 기억을 존중했다. 우리도 이것으로부터 하나님의 자비와 예수 그리스도에 대한 우리의 의무를 인정하는 교훈을 얻을 수 있으니, 우리가 생명이나 사지의 위험 없이 믿음과 소망과 사랑으로 하나님과의 교제를 유지할 수 있게 하셨음을 감사해야 한다.
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