So went the present over before him,.... Over the brook Jabbok, after mentioned, the night before Jacob did:and himself lodged that night in the company; or "in the camp" , either in the place called Mahanaim, from the hosts or crowds of angels seen there; or rather in his own camp, his family and servants; or, as Aben Ezra distinguishes, in the camp with his servants, and not in his tent, lest his brother should come and smite him; and so Nachmanides.
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Genesis 32:21
Genesis 32:21
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