Kejadian 18:33

18:33 The Lord went on his way ¹  when he had finished speaking ²  to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home. ³ 

Kejadian 29:14

29:14 Then Laban said to him, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” ⁴  So Jacob ⁵  stayed with him for a month. ⁶ 

Kejadian 32:1

Jacob Wrestles at Peniel

32:1 So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God ⁷  met him.

[18:33]  ¹ tn Heb “And the Lord went.”

[18:33]  ² tn The infinitive construct (“speaking”) serves as the direct object of the verb “finished.”

[18:33]  ³ tn Heb “to his place.”

[29:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “indeed, my bone and my flesh are you.” The expression sounds warm enough, but the presence of “indeed” may suggest that Laban had to be convinced of Jacob’s identity before permitting him to stay. To be one’s “bone and flesh” is to be someone’s blood relative. For example, the phrase describes the relationship between Abimelech and the Shechemites (Judg 9:2; his mother was a Shechemite); David and the Israelites (2 Sam 5:1); David and the elders of Judah (2 Sam 19:12,); and David and his nephew Amasa (2 Sam 19:13, see 2 Sam 17:2; 1 Chr 2:16-17).

[29:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “a month of days.”

[32:1]  ⁷ 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.