Kejadian 32:1

Jacob Wrestles at Peniel

32:1 So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God ¹  met him.

Daniel 3:28

3:28 Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, ²  “Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel ³  and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring ⁴  the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than ⁵  serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!

Matius 18:10

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

18:10 “See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

[32:1]  ¹ sn The phrase angels of God occurs only here and in Gen 28:12 in the OT. Jacob saw a vision of angels just before he left the promised land. Now he encounters angels as he prepares to return to it. The text does not give the details of the encounter, but Jacob’s response suggests it was amicable. This location was a spot where heaven made contact with earth, and where God made his presence known to the patriarch. See C. Houtman, “Jacob at Mahanaim: Some Remarks on Genesis XXXII 2-3,” VT 28 (1978): 37-44.

[3:28]  ² tn Aram “answered and said.”

[3:28]  ³ sn The king identifies the “son of the gods” (v. 25) as an angel. Comparable Hebrew expressions are used elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible for the members of God’s angelic assembly (see Gen 6:2, 4; Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7; Pss 29:1; 89:6). An angel later comes to rescue Daniel from the lions (Dan 6:22).

[3:28]  ⁴ tn Aram “they changed” or “violated.”

[3:28]  ⁵ tn Aram “so that they might not.”